Blackwater drained? Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | September 18, 2007| | Copyright 2007 Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque). Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi government Monday ordered Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to stop work and leave the country after the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy.

The order by the Interior Ministry, if carried out, would deal a severe blow to U.S. government operations in Iraq by stripping diplomats, engineers, reconstruction officials and others of their security protection.

However, in an e-mail sent to the TH on Monday, Blackwater denied any wrongdoing and said it had not been stripped of its ...

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