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Bigthink — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:10:00 +0100

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From: Shanna rEVOLutionary 4 Ron Paul 2008
Date: 02/02/2008

Thanks: BobDate: Feb 2, 2008 12:52 PMBAGHDAD - The Interior Ministry said Monday that it was pulling the license of an American security firm allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of civilians during an attack on a U.S. State Department motorcade in Baghdad.The ministry said it would prosecute any foreign contractors found to have used excessive force in the Sunday incident.Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight people were killed and 13 were wounded when security contractors working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad."We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working all over Iraqi territory. We will also refer those involved to Iraqi judicial authorities," Khalaf said.Blackwater, based in North Carolina, provides security for many U.S. civilian operations in the country. Phone messages left early Monday at Blackwater's office in North Carolina and with a company spokeswoman were not immediately returned.The Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said witness reports pointed to Blackwater involvement but said the incident was still under investigation. It was not immediately clear if the measure against Blackwater was intended to be temporary or permanent.U.S. troops are immune from prosecution in Iraq under the U.N. resolution that authorizes their presence, but Khalaf said the exemption does not apply to private security companies.The U.S. Embassy said a State Department motorcade came under small-arms fire that disabled one of the vehicles, which had to be towed from the scene near Nisoor Square in the Mansour district.An embassy official provided no information about Iraqi casualties but said no State Department personnel were wounded or killed. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.He said the shooting was being investigated by the State Department's diplomatic security service, and law enforcement officials working with the Iraqi government and the U.S. military.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki late Sunday condemned the shooting by a "foreign security company" and called it a "crime."Tens of thousands of private security contractors operate in Iraq %u2014 some with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and bulletproof vehicles.The contractors, including many Americans and Britons, provide protection for Westerners and dignitaries in Iraq as the country has plummeted toward anarchy and civil war.Many have been accused of indiscriminately firing at American and Iraqi troops, and of shooting to death an unknown number of Iraqi citizens who got too close to their heavily armed convoys, but none has faced charges or prosecution.Iraqi police said the contractors were in a convoy of six sport utility vehicles and left the scene after the shooting. A witness said the gunfire broke out following an explosion."We saw a convoy of SUVs passing in the street nearby. One minute later, we heard the sound of a bomb explosion followed by gunfire that lasted for 20 minutes between gunmen and the convoy people who were foreigners and dressed in civilian clothes. Everybody in the street started to flee immediately," said Hussein Abdul-Abbas, who owns a mobile phone store in the area.The wartime numbers of private guards are unprecedented %u2014 as are their duties, many of which have traditionally been done by soldiers. They protect U.S. military operations and have guarded high-ranking officials including Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Baghdad.They also protect journalists, visiting foreign officials and thousands of construction projects.The privatization of the army undermines the "real one". It parallels the process by which the US middle class now competes with brutalized children in third world factories. We've now experienced the corporatization of the voting system with Diebold & friends, of the intelligence ( CIA, NSA & FBI ) with Choice Point ! And now a private army hell bound for the rapture is on deck... "What God wants, God gets, God help us all ! " - Roger Waters

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Comment on: BIGTHINK IS AFRAID.

Bigthink — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:33:54 +0100

Clause in Randi award is deceptive. Applicant must be published... ?

Why? So the 'magicians' the mainstream media must write a story on Mr. Mojo that can prove they are in on the fraud of decieving the public. Ummmm nice tricky thinking.

Does anyone understand this?

I am going to stick it to you Randi. (Nothing personal) I don't enjoy the word games.

It is obvious you do not want to pay out the reward by your deceptive and manipulative 'rules' You and Goldman can suck eggs, I am still going forward. (jmo)

I like Ron Paul he knows what I say is true. Just look at his statements. That money is mine now weather you like it or not.

I am rich in spirit already! So now I got to get published (whatever for???) Is this public?

Then I need an expert to verify I can see through the B.S....What for?

I do want to get RON PAUL. How do you like that?

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Bigthink — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:12:01 +0100

Really why would you post a negative comment and run? Was the reward real or not?

You just look like a fool Mr. invisible.

Who's side are you on? You know it's real and I think I should just get paid before all the Ron crowd takes this and runs with it.

Send me a check.

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