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L'Irak pour nier le nouveau permis à la société de mercennaire de Blackwater
Jeudi 29 janvier 2009
LES États-Unis L'entrepreneur préféré de l'ambassade accusé des massacres Par Ernesto Londo ? o et Qais Mizher, Poteau de Washington? Le gouvernement irakien a informé les États-Unis Ambassade à Bagdad qu'il pas question un nouveau permis de fonctionnement à Blackwater dans le monde entier, la société de valeurs mobilières primaire de l'ambassade, qui a relevé de l'examen minutieux pour prétendument l'usage de la force excessive tout en protégeant les diplomates, l'Irakien et les États-Unis américains fonctionnaires ledit mercredi. Le ministère intérieur de l'Irak a donné sa décision aux États-Unis les fonctionnaires à Bagdad le vendredi, dans un des mouvements les plus audacieux le gouvernement a fait depuis janv. 1 exécution d'un accord de sécurité avec les Etats-Unis qui ont brusquement limité la puissance américaine en Irak. On permettra aux des employés de Blackwater qui n'ont pas été accusés de la conduite inexacte de continuer de travailler en tant qu'entrepreneurs privés de sécurité en Irak s'ils commutent des employeurs, fonctionnaires irakiens dits mercredi. Le Blackwater par fonctionnaires devra partir du pays dès qu'un joint Iraqi-U.S. le comité finit d'élaborer des directives pour les entrepreneurs privés aux termes de l'accord de sécurité. Il est peu clair combien de temps cela prendra. Employés de Blackwater et d'autres États-Unis les entrepreneurs avaient été immunisés de la poursuite en vertu de la loi irakienne. « Quand le travail de ce comité finit, » commandant intérieur de porte-parole de ministère. Générateur. Abdul-Karim Khalaf dit, les sociétés de valeurs mobilières privées « sera sous l'autorité du gouvernement irakien, et ces compagnies qui n'ont pas des permis, tels que Blackwater, devraient quitter l'Irak immédiatement. » Le département d'état a indiqué mercredi que ses entrepreneurs obéiront la loi irakienne. « Nous travaillerons avec le gouvernement de l'Irak et de nos entrepreneurs pour adresser les implications de cette décision d'une manière dont réduit au minimum n'importe quel impact sur la sûreté et la sécurité du personnel de Bagdad d'ambassade, » argile de Noel de porte-parole dit. Le porte-parole Anne Tyrrell de Blackwater a dit qu'elle ne se rendait pas compte de la décision du gouvernement irakien. « Il serait irresponsable pour que je présente ses observations sur une décision qui peut ou ne peut avoir été atteinte, » elle a dit dans un E-mail mercredi. Les Etats-Unis ne pouvaient pas persuader le gouvernement irakien pour prolonger l'immunité de ses entrepreneurs après l'expiration de l'U.N. Résolution du Conseil de sécurité concernant déc. 31. Aucun diplomate américain n'a été tué pendant les missions fixées par Blackwater. The North Carolina company became widely despised by Iraqis after a string of incidents during which its heavily armed guards were accused of using excessive force. The deadliest was the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting in Nisoor Square, in central Baghdad, when Blackwater guards opened fire on Iraqis in a crowded street, killing 17 civilians, after the guards’ convoy reportedly came under fire. The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington last month charged five of the men with voluntary manslaughter and using a machine gun to commit a violent act. The men entered not guilty pleas and are awaiting trial. A sixth guard reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Private security companies working for the U.S. government in Iraq have been required to obtain licenses from the Iraqi Interior Ministry since 2004, but some have operated without licenses, and until this year, there was little the Iraqi government could do to enforce the rule. The ministry revoked Blackwater’s license in September 2007 and threatened to expel the company’s employees, but U.S. officials ignored the order and renewed the company’s contract the following April. Iraqi officials said Wednesday they decided not to issue the company a new license largely because of the Nisoor Square shooting. “We informed the U.S. Embassy in Iraq about this decision, and they will have to find another company to replace them,” said Gen. Hussain Kamal, a senior Interior Ministry official. Blackwater employees were also accused of shooting Iraqi guards working for a television station in the spring of 2007. And on Dec. 24, 2006, a drunk Blackwater guard fatally shot a guard employed by Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi. According to a congressional report issued in October 2007, Blackwater guards have been involved in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005. The company has received more than $1 billion from the federal government since 2000. In recent months, however, Blackwater has expanded its business model to rely less heavily on private security work overseas. Though tremendously profitable, the field has generated an avalanche of bad publicity for the company and exposed it to numerous lawsuits. The two other large security companies that protect American diplomats in Iraq are DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, both based in Northern Virginia. Blackwater employees work under the supervision of the embassy’s regional security officer. The company’s drivers and bodyguards take U.S. diplomats to meetings outside the Green Zone, and its pilots often fly in small helicopters over convoys as an added security measure. The Blackwater employees live in a compound in the Green Zone that is informally referred to as “man camp.” According to the October 2007 congressional report, Blackwater guards made more than $1,200 per day. Private security contractors in Iraq last year became deeply concerned about losing their immunity with the implementation of the security agreement, which U.S. officials feared would trigger a mass exodus. But few have left. Instead, in recent months, Western private security companies have sought to build strong relationships with the Iraqi government and have hired more Iraqi guards. Sami Hawa Hamud al-Sabahin, who was among those wounded in the Nisoor Square shooting, said he was overjoyed to hear the news about Blackwater. “It makes me happy and lets me feel that the government didn’t forget us,” he said. Umm Tahsin , the widow of Ali Khalil Abdul Hussein, one of the men killed in the shooting, also applauded the government’s decision. But she lamented that neither the Iraqi nor the U.S. government has compensated her family for their loss. “Those people are a group of criminals,” she said of Blackwater. “What they did was a massacre. Pushing them out is the best solution. They destroyed our family.” Have Your Say: Iraq to Deny New License To Blackwater Mercenary Firm Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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