Official: Blackwater's Iraq deal not to be renewed

Seattle Post Intelligencer, AP by Matthew Lee | Jan. 30, 2009 (News Report)

The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May, a senior U.S. official said Friday. The official told The Associated Press that the contract will lapse because of the Iraqi government's decision to deny Blackwater a license to operate. Full Story »

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 31, 2009

Blackwater 's been running around Iraq like they lived in the Old west..Killing people just for not getting out of the way.Theses guys are just deviant;s who where thrown out of the military and are just to damn crazy to hold a normal job.They should be prosecuted.

We hire these companies to protect dignitaries. With 150,000 military over there, and we'er fixing to draw down, who needs these idiots. How much money could we save getting having our own Military take over. But being Dick Cheney own's Haliburtin, and they have a piece of Blackwater, it will always be Status-quo.