[news] Iraq Expels American Mercenaries

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By ROBERT H. REID | Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi government Monday ordered Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to stop work and leave the country after the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy.

Sunday's shooting was the latest in a series of incidents in which Blackwater and other foreign contractors have been accused of shooting to death an unknown number of Iraqi citizens. None has faced charges or prosecution.

  


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