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否認新的執照的伊拉克對Blackwater傭工企業
星期四， 2009年1月29日
美國. 使館的首選的承包商被指責殺害 由Ernesto ・ Londo ？o和Qais Mizher， 華盛頓郵報? 伊拉克政府通知了美國。 使館在巴格達它不會發布一個新的經營的執照對Blackwater全世界，使館的主要證券公司，受到察視為涉嫌使用過份力量，當保護美國外交官、伊拉克人和美國時。 官員認為星期三。 伊拉克的內部部表達了它的決定對美國。 在星期五官員在巴格達，在其中一個大膽舉措中政府從1月做了。 一個擔保協議的1實施與在伊拉克尖銳遏制美國力量的美國的。 未被指責不正當的品行的Blackwater雇員在伊拉克將允許持續工作作為私有安全承包商，如果他們交換雇主，伊拉克官員說星期三。 官員認為Blackwater必須離開國家，當聯接伊拉克美國。 委員會完成草擬指南為私人承包商根據擔保協議。 它是不明的那多久將採取。 Blackwater雇員和其他美國。 承包商從起訴是免疫的根據伊拉克法律。 「當這個委員會工作結束」，內部部發言人少校。 Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf說，私有證券公司「將是在伊拉克政府特許之下，并且沒有執照，例如Blackwater的那些公司，應該立刻離開伊拉克」。 國務院認為星期三它的承包商將服從伊拉克法律。 「我們與伊拉克的政府一起使用，并且我們的演講這個決定的涵義的承包商用使對使館巴格達人員安全保衛的所有衝擊減到最小的方法」，發言人Noel黏土說。 Blackwater女發言人Anne Tyrrell說她不知道伊拉克政府的決定。 「它是不負責任的為了我能評論對可能或不可能做出了的決定」，她說在電子郵件星期三。 美國無法說服伊拉克政府擴大它的承包商免疫通過聯合國的失效。 安全理事會決議在12月。 31. 美國外交官未被殺害在Blackwater獲取的使命期間。 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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