Iraqi legal officials on Saturday denounced the decision of a US federal court ruling that threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of gunning down Iraqi civilians in 2007. The ruling was unjust and unacceptable Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement, adding that Iraq had started to take steps to sue the private security company, now known as Xe Services. He also called for the verdict to be appealed. He gave no details on how or where Iraq would take legal action. Dhiyaa al-Saedi, head of the Iraqi Bar Association, demanded that the Iraqi authorities expel private security companies from Iraq because these companies breached Iraqi law. As a result of these bloody practices that the (security company) had practiced in Iraq, the Iraqi Bar association is calling for an end to the presence of these companies, despite the fact that most of these companies are seeking to change their names and addresses. The security companies exceeded their limits and started to interfere in political affairs, in addition to committing criminal acts against innocent Iraqis, without reasons, he said.
