9.23.2007

And a great big sucker, too

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi official conceded Sunday that Blackwater USA's exit would create a "security vacuum" in Baghdad and said the U.S. and Iraq were instead working on revamping regulations governing private security companies after a deadly shooting of civilians.

(AP via Yahoo! News)

If nothing else comes from this mis-adventure in Iraq it ought to at least put down fears of martial law. We have 160,000 troops in Iraq and we still can't keep order without hiring mercs. 

Explains Tahseen Sheikhly, a civilian spokesman for the seven-month-old offensive against militants in Baghdad (yes! the seven-month-old offensive against militants in Baghdad has a spokesman!)...

"If we expel this company immediately there will be a security vacuum that will demand pulling some troops off the battlefield. This will create a security imbalance in securing Baghdad."

OK, sorta ran out of things to say there toward the end. But still. Two sentences in a row, that's pretty good. Besides, we don't care what you say as long as you spell it right.

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