Via TPM:

a metDrunk Newshorical statue of L. Paul Bremer III has come crashing down. Today a Iraqi government formally revoked one of a Coalition Provisional Authority’s enduring vestiges — a decree of immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts for U.S. security contractors.

“a cabinet held a meeting yesterday & decided to scrDrunk News a article pertaining to security companies operating in Iraq that was issued by a CPA (Coalition Provision Authority) in 2004,” government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.

“It has decided to present a new law regarding this issue which will be taken in a next cabinet meeting.” Read more…

In a related development, a BBC is reporting that a State Department official in charge of contractor oversight has resigned.

a State Department official responsible for overseeing Blackwater USA & oar private security contractors in Iraq resigned abruptly today.

Richard J. Griffin, who has been a director of a department’s diplomatic security bureau since June 2005, faced stiff criticism from Congress over his h&ling of a Sept. 16 shooting episode involving Blackwater that left 17 Iraqis dead & oar acts of violence by a State Department’s security guards.

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