Iraqi panel: Blackwater guards should face murder charges

# Story Highlights
# "Not even a stone was thrown at them," Iraqi official says of Blackwater guards
# Iraq says 17 Iraqis killed by Blackwater guards in Baghdad square
# Blackwater, Iraqi officials have starkly different accounts of what happened
# Iraq's Kurdish border crossings with Iran reopen


Lawyer Hassan Jabbar lies in a hospital after being injured in a shooting involving Blackwater contractors.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iraqi government panel investigating last month's deadly shooting involving Blackwater security contractors calls the guards' actions "premeditated murder."

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Sunday that the investigative commission formed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused the American company's contractors of indiscriminately firing on citizens and violating the rights of Iraqis.

The September 16 shooting in Baghdad's Nusoor Square left 17 people dead and 27 others wounded, al-Dabbagh said. Seven vehicles were destroyed.

Al-Dabbagh said the commission, formed September 22, determined there was no proof the Blackwater convoy was under direct or indirect fire.

"Not even a stone was thrown at them," al-Dabbagh said.

He added the contractors violated the rules of conduct and regulations for private security firms operating in Iraq.

"They must be held accountable according to the law," al-Dabbagh said, emphasizing that those responsible should be prosecuted for "premeditated murder."

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Absolutely nothing.

This is the Iraq that George built. Let's see how the Pricktator reacts to his new and improved "sovereign nation" when Iraq wants (1) Blackwater out of the country; and (2) these killers on trial.

until they change "should be" to "will be"
until then they're just talking out their ass.