Yeah, this is what we need: The Iraqi army fighting (and arrestiing and detaining - and prosecuting?) Blackwater security guards
If this becomes an issue, which side are you on? The Foreigners (for whom we are supposedly fighting) or Our Good Ol' American Brothers?
This has the potential to be, in Iraq, what the kidnapped hostages were in Iran. The turning point.
Which side are YOU on?
From AP:
BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers detained two American security guards along with several other foreigners traveling Monday in a private security convoy after they opened fire in Baghdad, wounding one woman, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
U.S. military and embassy officials had no immediate information about the report, which follows a series of recent shootings in which foreign security guards have allegedly killed Iraqis.
Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said the convoy was driving on the wrong side of the road in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah when the shooting occurred.
Those arrested included two American guards, along with 21 people from Sri Lanka, nine from Nepal and 10 Iraqis, al-Moussawi said. He earlier said an Italian, nine from Bangladesh and one from India were detained but later retracted that statement.
The role of private security guards has become controversial following a Sept. 16 shooting in which Blackwater Worldwide guards allegedly killed 17 Iraqi civilians.
The FBI is continuing its investigation into the shootings, although the Iraqi government has concluded that the security guards were unprovoked when the shooting began at an intersection at Nisoor Square in western Baghdad.
The North Carolina-based company, the largest private security firm protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, has said its security convoy was under attack before it opened fire.