Quote Originally Posted by LawVol
Much has been written here and elsewhere about the insurgency's tactic of using civilians as shields. They will often shoot from the crowd hoping to evoke a lethal response which helps them win in the IO realm and possibly creates new recruits from those directly affected (i.e. those wounded or friends/family of those wounded or killed). Could this be more of the same? By pulling the credentials of this company, are we actually giving the terrorists what they want? They have previously attacked the UN and some of our smaller allies to get them to pull out of Iraq. Is this an updated version of that tactic?
The tactic of shooting from the crowd in order to attempt to elicit an undisciplined response that will kill civilians is directed at turning the population (and members of the Iraqi government) against the US and its allies (or simply deepening already existing resentment and anger). The bad guys don't really care if BW specifically stays or goes - they want us all out.

Your last statement is a false analogy. For example, the bombing of the UN HQ and the Jordanian Embassy in '03 were direct attacks specifically intended to drive those representatives out of Iraq, and, by extension, to send an explicit warning to the wider diplomatic community in Baghdad. BW just ain't important enough to target in that manner.

The Iraqi government insisting that BW get out is an unintended side-effect of the of the incident that caused it all. I'm sure the bad guys welcome their departure, but the resulting perceptions of indiscriminate killing of civilians are far more important in the big picture.