There is a ban on the media discussing U.S companies being on trial for crimes in IRAQ

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can we discuss this on YA, what is happening with this? i watched a BBC news show it it looks really bad! but they didnt say very much just that companies working in IRAQ (black Water ) where in serious trouble. can anyone tell me more?

Answer 1

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_...

Answer 2

"In March 2006, Cofer Black, vice chairman of Blackwater USA, allegedly suggested at an international conference in Amman, Jordan, that the company was ready to move towards providing security professionals up to brigade size (3,000–5,000) for humanitarian efforts and low-intensity conflicts. Critics have suggested this may be going too far in putting political decisions in the hands of privately owned corporations.[100] The company denies this was ever said.[101]

In December 2006, an Iraqi politician, Ayham al-Samarie, escaped from a prison in Iraq, where he was awaiting trial for 12 criminal corruption cases.[102][103] Blackwater, which he had hired for protection before his arrest, allegedly helped him escape.[102][103] He said from Dubai he would return to the United States as he hadn't broken any U.S. laws and had fled Iraq because he feared he would be killed or kidnapped.[citation needed] He arrived in Chicago on January 9, claiming that an Iraqi judge had ordered his release, he feared being killed if he stayed in jail, and U.S. officials had assured him he would not be extradited to Iraq.[citation needed]

On September 22, 2007, U.S. federal prosecutors announced an investigation into allegations that Blackwater employees may have smuggled weapons into Iraq, and that these weapons may have been later transferred to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Kurdish nationalist group designated a terrorist organization by the United States, NATO and the EU.[104][105][106] The U.S. government was investigating Blackwater for these alleged crimes.[107] On October 4, 2007, the FBI took over the investigation.[108]"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_...

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