A defiant Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system.
"We will not let our people be taken by the Iraqis," Mr. Prince told editors and reporters at The Washington Times. At least 17 of 20 Blackwater guards being investigated for their roles in a Sept. 16 shooting incident are still in a secure compound in Baghdad's Green Zone and carrying out limited duties.
"In an ideal sense, if there was wrongdoing, there could be a trial brought in the Iraqi court system. But that would imply that there is a valid Iraqi court system where Westerners could get a fair trial. That is not the case right now," said Mr. Prince.
So there exists the possibility that the Iraqis may decide to try and arrest the Blackwater guards they blame for killing their citizens, and that the Blackwater employees may use force to resist being arrested.
I literally thought that the Iraq situation could not possibly get any more volatile. And I am man enough to admit that I was very, very wrong.
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