Rice says 'hole' in U.S. law shields mercenaries in Iraq - I bet in the US too

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/26/america/26contractor.php

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conceded on Thursday that there was a "hole" in United States law that had allowed Blackwater USA employees and other armed contractors in Iraq to escape legal jeopardy for crimes possibly committed there.

In an appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rice said the administration would support new laws that would apply to contractors but expressed reservations about proposals to bring contractors under the military justice system.

She deferred a number of other questions about problems with the supervision of the thousands of private security guards in Iraq, saying she planned to meet with Robert Gates, the secretary of defense, to try to come up with new rules to avoid episodes like the shooting by Blackwater gunmen on Sept. 16 that Iraqi investigators have said left 17 Iraqis dead. "Obviously we need a better coordinated policy for all of them," she said.

Blackwater, meanwhile, under continuing siege in the courts, the news media and Congress, stepped up its public relations efforts this week with a mass e-mail message to its employees, suppliers, fellow security contractors and political allies, asking them to flood Congress with messages of support.

from everything.

Iraq is supposedly this sovereign country but they're still following some edict that asshole viceroy left.

They just can't seem to shake themselves from it either.

Weird.

It was intentional policy. If they think they have immunity on US soil they should be sadly mistaken and I'll bet if they start shooting up our neighborhoods US gunowners will eventually show them how much immunity they have.

I expect Blackwater to win out. This whole mess has me absolutely pissed off 24/7. Every hearing is such a gut wrenching nightmare. I see every one of those shit-faced repukes asking such idiotic questions. One yesterday asks condi sleazy, "how much harm has all this MoveOn, amurikens sayin' they want the troops home, and other vicious rhetoric coming from the left -- how much has that hurt our mission, Miss Condi? :puke:

Coutesy of Bremer. I think Iraq is doing it's best to close it..

They just don't investigate.