woensdag 31 oktober 2007

Iraq to end contractor 'immunity'


The Iraqi interior minister has said that it set new regulations for private security companies working in Iraq. This has to do with the killing of 11 Iraqi citizens by a security firm called Blackwater. Witnesses said that they randomly shot people. The new code demands that private contractors obey the Iraqi law and that they are being monitored by the Iraqi government. This means that the private contractors lost their immunity and could be now prosecuted for crimes committed in Iraq. The investigation of the death of 11 Iraqi citizens is still going on.

My opinion

I don’t even know why private contractors are allowed to fight in wars. According to the New York Times, private contractors tend to you use more violence, carry excessive weaponry and do not have top training and that you can tell due to the incident that happened with the 11 Iraqi casualties. Private contractors should not in any circumstance be involved in any wars and make profit of it. War is not a business. The Iraqi government should immediately deport these kind of soldiers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7012853.stm

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kamal zei

I think also, why iraq allowed this kind of solider to stay in iraq, iof they form a danger for the Iraq citizens. so it is better thqt they should deport fro the Iraq government. we don't need more viloence in Iraq, it is enough what the iraq citizens suffer from the damaged war. there are enough crimes committed. the government is very responsible at this field of crimes. they must make an end.

9 november 2007 om 10:49

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