Bush Administration Putting Immunity For Blackwater Over The Lives Of Our Troops

marmar

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Sat Aug-09-08 02:35 PM
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Bush Administration Putting Immunity For Blackwater Over The Lives Of Our Troops

via AlterNet's PEEK:

Bush Administration Putting Immunity For Blackwater Over The Lives Of Our Troops

Posted by Blue Texan, Firedoglake at 11:17 AM on August 9, 2008.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

While McSame runs around accusing Obama of wanting to "forfeit" Iraq, the Bushies are finalizing the negotiations for forfeiting Iraq by 2011. But the negotiations have hit a snag.

The sticking point?

The U.S. officials said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with al-Maliki on Wednesday to try to resolve the issue of legal immunity for U.S. contractors working in Iraq.

The officials described the phone call as tense.

Under a provision put into place in the early days of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, security contractors have had immunity from Iraqi law.

The Iraqi government has criticized the blanket immunity because of incidents such as the fatal shootings of 17 people in Baghdad's Nusoor Square on September 16. Iraqi officials say Blackwater Worldwide contractors killed the 17.

Selling out the Constitution to give telecoms immunity is bad enough. Selling out the troops to give Blackwater immunity is a whole new level of sickening.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/94426/bush_administration_putting_immunity_for_blackwater_over_the_lives_of_our_troops/

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Sat Aug-09-08 02:39 PM
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1. this kind of shit will be coming at breakneck speed till he's out of office...

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marmar

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Sat Aug-09-08 02:42 PM
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3. Yup. He'll be seeking immunity for every criminal corporation and individual under the sun.....

n/t

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noise

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Sat Aug-09-08 02:41 PM
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2. This can't be true

because John Boehner says it's the Democrats who don't support the troops.

:sarcasm:

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eShirl

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Sat Aug-09-08 03:16 PM
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4. It's OK If You're A Republican

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indepat

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Sat Aug-09-08 03:16 PM
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5. Geez, who would'a thunk it?

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tridim

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Sat Aug-09-08 03:22 PM
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6. How about this. NO FUCKING IMMUNITY FOR ANYONE. Period.

Fuck you BushCo. Do the crime, do the time.

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