Der Irak, zum der rechtlichen Stellung der privaten Sicherheit Firmen zu wiederholen

Durch Kim Sengupta

Die irakische Regierung verkündete gestern, daß sie die rechtliche Stellung aller privaten Sicherheit Fremdfirmen wiederholt, die im Land unmittelbar nach dem Verbieten der amerikanischen Firma Blackwater USA über der Tötung der Zivilisten arbeiten.

Die Todesabgabe vom Schießen am Sonntag stieg bis 11, mit 13 verwundet. Blackwater hat abgelehnt sich zu entschuldigen und behauptet, daß die schossen, die enthaltene Frauen und Kinder, waren „bewaffnete Rebellen und unser Personal fungierte gesetzlich und passend“. It has also been claimed that as well as shooting at civilians, the Blackwater guards exchanged fire with Iraqi police and soldiers.

The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, called the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to offer condolences for the deaths and promised a through investigation into what happened. Blackwater had been contracted to provide security to many US officials in Baghdad, including the ambassador.

The radical Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, said yesterday: “This aggression wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the presence of the occupiers who brought these companies. Cancel this company’s work, and the rest of the criminal and intelligence companies.”

An Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said the cabinet “was meeting to review the operations of foreign and local security companies in Iraq”.

Brigadier General Abdul Kareem Khalaf, of the Interior Ministry, said: “Blackwater committed a crime. They carried out a flagrant assault. The judicial system will now take action”.

It remains unclear, however, what legal “action” can be taken. Private military companies were granted immunity from Iraqi prosecution under order number 17 of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Mowaffak Rubaie, the country’s national security advisor, said: “This is a golden opportunity for the government of Iraq to radically review the order.”

There was more violence in Baghdad yesterday as four car bombs in Baghdad killed 21 people. Some of the victims were at the morgue waiting to collect the bodies of relations who had died in Sunday’s shooting.

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