Politics - 10 November 2007

(CBS) The government of Iraq has notified private security firms their immunity from Iraqi law is about to end, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.

The title of a letter sent by the interior ministry - and obtained exclusively CBS News - says it all: “Removing the legal immunity.” Until now, security firms like Blackwater have operated under a grant of immunity issued in 2004 by the then-top American in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer.

But the draft of a new law says “all immunities … shall be cancelled."

That law still must be ratified by the Iraqi parliament, and if and when it is, private security firms would almost certainly pull out of Iraq.

“There’s no question it’s a disaster if this got passed,” said Carter Andress, one of an estimated 8,500 private security contractors guarding diplomats, convoys and reconstruction sites for the U.S.

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If contractors go, Iraq can rebuild on their own as they should have right after invasion?

2007-11-10 02:51:33 · 6 answers · asked by rare2findd 6

Hillary's campaign has actually admitted to wrongdoing?? I can't believe it! To my knowledge Hillary has never ever admitted to doing anything wrong, but today her campaign admitted to planting a question about global warming at a meeting in Newton, Iowa. They have even stated that it will not happen again. It was unclear whether they meant they will never plant another question or whether they will never admit to wrongdoing again.

2007-11-10 02:43:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

liberal lie?

Please show me that President Bush blamed Iraq or Saddam for 9-11. Since you can't; ask your side to stop making all of you look like gullible idiotic liars.

2007-11-10 02:43:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-10 02:42:48 · 7 answers · asked by ideogenetic 7

2007-11-10 02:40:16 · 11 answers · asked by thepaladin38 5

They wouldn't want a REAL conservative who was good friends with Reagan
and stands for everything Conservatism is based on,
now would they?

Fox censorship PROVES there is a media blackout and they would like to put up phony Mitt or liberal police state Rudy who have no chance in hell in order to secure the Bush/Clinton Dynasty.

2007-11-10 02:33:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Source: http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4726

2007-11-10 02:33:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-10 02:26:42 · 23 answers · asked by realitycheck 3

2007-11-10 02:26:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-10 02:17:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Aren't people interested in what is said, or what they think they want to hear.All of the media uses it, FOX NBC< CNN

2007-11-10 02:17:17 · 7 answers · asked by a person of interest 5

Yes.

2007-11-10 02:14:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd be curious to hear a variety of answers, and if you can back them up with facts, even better.

2007-11-10 01:58:16 · 18 answers · asked by narcissexual 2

2007-11-10 01:49:07 · 6 answers · asked by realitycheck 3

2007-11-10 01:41:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-10 01:38:26 · 18 answers · asked by Choco 3

grossly unfair.
Wasting tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars on a pointless war started on LIES by HIS SON - and he's says were Unfair.
What a wacky world they must inhabit - don't you think?

2007-11-10 01:24:19 · 14 answers · asked by Your Teeth or Mine? 5

2007-11-10 01:14:35 · 8 answers · asked by . 5

2007-11-10 01:06:54 · 9 answers · asked by NONAME 1

It doesn't seem to have a chance in countries that have developed laws and regulations to keep abuses from happening.

2007-11-10 00:42:05 · 5 answers · asked by oohhbother 7

That way he can go after the terrorist his way. If any American oppose of his plan, he would have the power to have them jail or shot.

2007-11-10 00:26:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i still think that we need to impose a fat tax on foods that don't meet a certain percentage of daily nutritional value. they tax the hell out of cigs and liquor... thats a choice, so is eating crappy food!!! and don't give me the same old crap that it's too expensive to eat healthy, i eat very healthy and don't spend much money at all, you just have to learn how to cook and shop!!!

fat tax fat tax fat tax!!! atleeeeeeeeeeeeeast on fast food restaurants!!!

2007-11-10 00:21:34 · 18 answers · asked by nothing 5

.... missile guidance system in return?

Is that how you show you like a guy in the White House? Bribe him?

I'm sure glad Dems can tell the difference between a donation from China and a bribe. I sure can't. ... especially when the Chinese end up with our best miissile guidance system.

2007-11-10 00:05:58 · 10 answers · asked by Duminos 2

2007-11-10 00:05:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous