Monday, September 24, 2007

U.S. Repeatedly Rebuffed Iraq on Blackwater Complaints

This has an eerie echo of the forewarnings that went unheeded before September 11, 2001.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 -- Senior Iraqi officials repeatedly complained to U.S. officials about Blackwater USA's alleged involvement in the deaths of numerous Iraqis, but the Americans took little action to regulate the private security firm until 11 Iraqis were shot dead last Sunday, according to U.S....

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