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  • October 2007

    • US Halts Hanging of Convicted Saddam Chief

      Time  |  Oct 13, 07 4:07 PM CDT

      US Halts Hanging of Convicted Saddam Chief

      (Newser) - The US stopped Saddam's defense chief from hanging last month, claiming Iraqi outrage inspired the pardon — but insiders say that Sultan Hashem earned his reprieve by thwarting Iraqi attacks during the 2003 US-led invasion. Officials tell Time that Hashem’s execution would be a “gross miscarriage of justice” since his work “saved American lives.” More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • CIA  • David Petraeus  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Saddam Hussein  • Anfal

    • Iraqis Vow to Prosecute Blackwater

      Reuters  |  Oct 8, 07 1:19 AM CDT

      Iraqis Vow to Prosecute Blackwater

      (Newser) - A spokesman for the Iraqi government continued to escalate the rhetoric on the Blackwater shootings yesterday, charging that security guards "deliberately killed" 17 Iraqi civilians in last month's massacre in Baghdad. Ali al-Dabbagh said the Iraqis intend to take legal action, despite a US ruling in 2004 that the firms are immune from Iraqi law.  More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • Erik Prince  • Ali al Dabbagh

    • Maliki Again Takes Aim at Blackwater

      Reuters  |  Oct 3, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Maliki Again Takes Aim at Blackwater

      (Newser) - Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki has stepped back into the Blackwater fray today, saying the influx of accusations against the security contractor “do not make it valid to stay in Iraq.” One day after Blackwater's CEO appeared before a Congressional committee, Maliki signaled he wouldn't sitting on his hands while the US investigates fatal incidents involving the firm, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • Erik Prince

  • September 2007

    • Security Guards Will Be Charged

      CNN  |  Sep 23, 07 8:54 AM CDT

      Security Guards Will Be Charged

      (Newser) - Iraqi officials will file criminal charges against the employees of Blackwater, the private security firm involved in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians last Sunday, CNN reports. How such charges would be levied and trials held remain to be seen, as the US government has claimed that the Iraqis have no jurisdiction over private security contractors. The charges will be filed within a week, according to a source from Iraq's Foreign Ministry. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater

    • US Reinstates Blackwater in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 1:08 PM CDT

      US Reinstates Blackwater in Iraq

      (Newser) - American convoys began emerging from the Green Zone again today, protected by Blackwater USA  guards, just four days after an Iraqi ban on the private security firm halted all such travel. Iraqis remain outraged over the deaths of 11 civilians in a Blackwater shooting incident Sunday, but a Maliki aide told the AP that Iraq’s government could do little to expel Blackwater from the country. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • State Department  • Blackwater  • Green Zone

    • Blackwater Shooters Were Not Provoked, Iraq Says

      New York Times  |  Sep 21, 07 8:46 AM CDT

      Blackwater Shooters Were Not Provoked, Iraq Says

      (Newser) - A man who failed to stop for a traffic policeman and a screaming woman with a baby in her arms were shot dead as they crossed a busy Baghdad intersection guarded by private US security guards, according to a harrowing Iraqi account of the incident Sunday that left eight civilians dead. Iraq's Interior Ministry has concluded that the Blackwater guards were not returning fire when they started shooting, reports the New York Times . More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • shooting  • Blackwater  • security guards  • Nisour Square

    • US Bars Travel for Officials After Iraqi Shootings

      Reuters  |  Sep 19, 07 6:27 AM CDT

      US Bars Travel for Officials After Iraqi Shootings

      (Newser) - Tensions are so high in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of 11 Iraqis by a private American security operation that the US has barred civilian officials from road travel outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone for their own safety. The Iraqis were killed when contractors with security outfit Blackwater opened fire after mortar rounds landed near their convoy in Baghdad Sunday. Men involved in the shootings could be prosecuted. More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Blackwater  • Green Zone  • Ali al Dabbagh

    • Blackwater Ban Puts US Military in a Bind

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 18, 07 7:03 PM CDT

      Blackwater Ban Puts US Military in a Bind

      (Newser) - The Iraqi crackdown on Blackwater, the private security firm implicated in Sunday’s killing of 8 civilians in Baghdad, draws attention to the lack of control the US military exerts over the 20,000 contractors who work for them in the country.  Blackwater guards are the most feared of the contractors, the Los Angeles Times reports, with a reputation for firing weapons without compunction—even at other American contractors. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • security  • contractors  • immunity

    • Iraq Considers Expelling Security Firms

      Associated Press  |  Sep 18, 07 11:15 AM CDT

      Iraq Considers Expelling Security Firms

      (Newser) - Private security firms have never been popular in Iraq, but after Blackwater USA’s fatal shooting of civilians Sunday, national rage may be strong enough to drive them from the country. The Iraqi government announced today that it would review the status of all private security companies, and explore rescinding a law exempting them from Iraqi prosecution, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Blackwater  • security

    • Sadr Group Leaves Iraq's Ruling Alliance

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 07 3:05 PM CDT

      Sadr Group Leaves Iraq's Ruling Alliance

      (Newser) - A key faction pulled out of Iraq’s ruling Shia alliance today, leaving Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with only half of parliament’s seats. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says he withdrew because his bloc’s demands were being ignored. He wants a timetable for US troop withdrawal and opposes former members of Saddam Hussein's regime being in the new administration. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Iraq government

    • Agreement on Key Iraq Oil Law Hits the Skids

      New York Times  |  Sep 13, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Agreement on Key Iraq Oil Law Hits the Skids

      (Newser) - Agreements forged in February over a law regulating the distribution of revenue from Iraq's oil fields are dissolving, the New York Times reports. Hussain al-Shahristani, oil minister for the Shiite-controlled federal government, held meetings yesterday to try to save the compromise, but the northern Kurdish areas have already made deals based on their preferred version of the law. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • oil  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Iraq government  • Hussain al Shahristani

    • Obama: Bring Troops Home by End of '08

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 4:44 PM CDT

      Obama: Bring Troops Home by End of '08

      (Newser) - Iraq troop withdrawals should be completed by the end of next year, Barack Obama says in a speech obtained by Reuters that was to be delivered in Iowa tonight. “We have to begin to end this war now,” the Democratic presidential candidate demands; his plan calls for one or two US combat brigades to leave Iraq each month, with all troops out by the end of 2008. More »