tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post4513588205332957243..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: 46 more shopping days till Hulaichi's deathdayRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-24889439027949099602007-11-08T19:47:00.000+01:002007-11-08T19:47:00.000+01:00I think we can look forward to a homeland future i...I think we can look forward to a homeland future in which the mercenaries of Oligarch A stand accused of illegitimately shooting at the mercenaries of Oligarch B -- with jurisdiction over the case causing much stress at the company to which it's been outsourced. There is opportunity in that for a reform candidate who promises accountabilty in the outsourcing process.Arkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-73950600854944332322007-11-08T17:20:00.000+01:002007-11-08T17:20:00.000+01:00" REL="nofollow"> More murder here :Last Feb. 7, a...<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110702751_pf.html<br/>" REL="nofollow"> More murder here </A>:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Last Feb. 7, a sniper employed by Blackwater USA, the private security company, opened fire from the roof of the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The bullet tore through the head of a 23-year-old guard for the state-funded Iraqi Media Network, who was standing on a balcony across an open traffic circle. Another guard rushed to his colleague's side and was fatally shot in the neck. A third guard was found dead more than an hour later on the same balcony.<BR/>Eight people who responded to the shootings -- including media network and Justice Ministry guards and an Iraqi army commander -- and five network officials in the compound said none of the slain guards had fired on the Justice Ministry, where a U.S. diplomat was in a meeting. An Iraqi police report described the shootings as "an act of terrorism" and said Blackwater "caused the incident." The media network concluded that the guards were killed "without any provocation."<BR/>The U.S. government reached a different conclusion. Based on information from the Blackwater guards, who said they were fired upon, the State Department determined that the security team's actions "fell within approved rules governing the use of force," according to an official from the department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Neither U.S. Embassy officials nor Blackwater representatives interviewed witnesses or returned to the network, less than a quarter-mile from Baghdad's Green Zone, to investigate.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.com