More on the Blackwater Incident in Baghdad

Larry Johnson at TPM Cafe has more on the Blackwater combat incident that left nearly a dozen Iraqis dead on the streets of Baghdad:

[The decision] on whether the Blackwater security firm stays in Iraq will inform us whether Prime Minister Maliki has any power or is just a U.S. puppet. My money is on the puppet. Over the weekend Blackwater contractors escorting a State Department/US Embassy Baghdad convoy got into a shoot out. First problem: Blackwater does not have a license to operate in Iraq and does not need one.

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...The Iraqi government has zero power to enforce a decision to oust a firm like Blackwater. For starters, Blackwater has a bigger air force and more armored vehicles than the Iraqi Army and police put together.