ARTICLE: Iraq to Deny New License To Blackwater Security Firm, By Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher, Washington Post, January 29, 2009; Page A12

As Iraq stabilizes, this step is inevitable (for Blackwater) and correct for Iraq. Iraq simply wants to move beyond designation as a war zone and Blackwater simply needs to move on to the next opportunity. To me, this is natural and welcome in the process of frontier integration.