(ABC News) Spokesman for Iraqi PM al-Maliki: Blackwater will not be kicked out of the country

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http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3621200&page=1

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A confidential report from the U.S. Embassy Baghdad titled "Blackwater security detail involved in lethal incident" issued Monday and obtained by ABC News says there were five Blackwater security guards involved in the firefight when a car bomb went off near the entrance to the Izdihar financial compound northwest of the Green Zone.

Subsequent car bombs went off and a firefight erupted, the report said, adding that the fight involved Iraqi police units.

The contractors were operating under extremely dangerous circumstances. The report says the car bomb that set off the incident was "the 6th attack on (embassy) personnel in eight days."

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However, the spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday the company would not be kicked out of the country but stressed the company's staff must "respect the law here in Iraq."