The Shiite power-broker vents:
"The foreign security companies working in Iraq belittle innocent Iraqi citizens. The occupying forces do the same in some of their operations, adding to the criminal acts of the takfiris [Sunni militants]."
Here's a reminder of how clued in our commander-in-chief has been on the subject:
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/10/sistani-on-blackwater/224573/
(Hat tip: Juan Cole and Greg Djerejian.)
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