Iraqi authorities are calling on the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with the private military firm Blackwater USA within six months. Iraq is also seeking $8 million in compensation for each of the families of the 17 Iraqis killed last month by Blackwater guards in Baghdad. Iraqi lawmaker Omar Abdul Sattar accused Blackwater of creating chaos in Iraq.

Omar Abdul Sattar: “This accident has revealed this case, but if this accident did not happen, we would not know anything about it. How many people have Blackwater and others killed? I do not know. I think that there are many security firms. There is security chaos, and the Iraqi citizen has became a target for everyone.”

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times has revealed that the widow of the Iraqi vice-presidential guard killed last year by a Blackwater employee has yet to receive any compensation. The Iraqi guard was fatally shot while on duty in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone by a drunk Blackwater employee named Andrew Moonen. After the fatal shooting, Moonen was flown out of Iraq. He was never charged with a crime. Two months later, Moonen reportedly returned to the Middle East to work for another private military company, Combat Support Associates.