U. S. and Iraq will join in an investigative commission by Nina Gotzmannova

Tragedies rarely bring anything good. The last announcement of U. S. and Iraqi government may be a small satisfaction for the families of 11 victims of weekend shooting in Iraq. It may by also a victory in prevention another shootings and it will help create Iraq a safer place to live. After the incident on 16 September, when security team of Blackwater USA, one of three private security companies in Iraq, began firing at civilians, U. S. and Iraq decided to create an investigative commission. The conjoint commission has several purposes to fulfill and several targets to reach. All of them can bring interesting results. The most important thing is to examine what exactly happened on weekend. The witnesses of the shooting have several different versions of what has happened. The Blackwater team stated that the diplomatic convoy they were escorting came under attack while the Iraqi witnesses and officials said the security team began firing without provocation. Another witnesses said they heard an explosion and a bomb exploded, another stated that the guards began the deadly attack to help their cars get out of the heavy traffic. According to Iraqi officials this was the seventh incident of Blackwater. After the committee will open the independent investigation, the allegations will be confirmed or refused. However, the license of Blackwater was suspended a day after the incident and it's still unclear whether it will be renewed or the shooting was the last job Blackwater's guards have done. Another target of the investigation office will be exploring how the embassy deal with security and possibly recommend some changes. They want to improve the security in a way which doesn't affect the civilians and overtake such tragic incidents.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070919/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_probe;_ylt=AhP__R06wgn3rZU2Qy81UBms0NUE

by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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