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...Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush is extradited to America. President Obama pardons the man, and is even seen gifting him a TGIF “All You Can Eat” coupon...
...face it, the irate Iraqi journalist who hurled his size-10 shoes, one at a time, at President George W. Bush during a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday had pretty good aim. If it weren't for the President's quick duck and weave, he might have had more than just a surprised look on his face. "So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" Bush said, brushing off the incident. Perhaps we should chalk that statement up as yet another of the President's cultural misunderstandings of Iraq...
...Washington Blackwater Guards Charged In the latest blow to Blackwater Worldwide, the largest security contractor in Iraq, five employees were indicted on voluntary-manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians at a busy Baghdad intersection. The Justice Department unsealed a statement given by a sixth guard recounting the 2007 incident in which dozens of people were shot. In the account, Jeremy Ridgeway describes how he and five other men opened fire on cars and even a girls' school, claiming it was done without provocation...
...Last year's shooting incident prompted greater U.S oversight of its outsourced warriors in the first operational theater to see the Pentagon rely so extensively on hired guns. The U.S government, its Iraqi counterpart and other groups have paid between $6 billion and $10 billion to private security contractors in Iraq from the start of the war in 2003 through to 2007, according to a Congressional Budget Office report published in August. And, as U.S troops draw down ahead of the planned complete withdrawal in 2010, the role of security contractors here may even expand...
...moment, private contractors protect people and property for U.S agencies, and for the Iraqi government and businesses. As Iraq seeks to attract more foreign investment and expertise, private security firms may be engaged more frequently to escort well-heeled clients in a country rich in resources and business opportunities, but rife with security threats. Given the loss of legal immunity, however, the risks of operating in Iraq have also increased for private security firms, potentially driving up insurance costs and making it more difficult, or more expensive, to attract Western employees. "We're taking a wait and see approach," said...