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Title: Family of Iraqi Mother Killed in Baghdad Sues Private Security Firm, U.S. Contractor, According to Burke O'Neil LLC
The family of slain Iraqi Marou Awanis has instructed the U.S.-based legal team of Burke O'Neil LLC, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Akeel & Valentine PLC to pursue legal claims against private security firm Unity Resources Group and the U.S. company that retained them in Iraq, RTI International.... A mother of three, Marou Awanis, 48, was killed on Oct. 9, 2007 when private security guards employed by Unity Resources opened fire on her car as she drove through Baghdad's Karada district, the lawsuit alleges.
This report examines the dramatically expanded role of private security contractors (PSCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. It describes the failure of the U.S. government to effectively control their actions, and in particular the inability or unwillingness of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to hold them criminally responsible for their illegal actions. [refers to Blackwater, Custer Battles, Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, Zapata Engineering Company, Sandline, Aegis Defense Services, ArmorGroup International, Dyncorp]
The United Nations called on the United States government on Thursday to ensure that any private contractors committing offences in Iraq are prosecuted. The killing of 17 Iraqis in a shooting involving U.S. security firm Blackwater last month has created tensions between Baghdad and Washington and sparked calls for tighter controls on private contractors, who are immune from prosecution in Iraq. [also refers to Unity Resources Group]
Una empresa de seguridad internacional...reconoció en un comunicado estar implicada en un tiroteo ocurrido el martes en Bagdad que dejó dos muertos civiles. La Unity Resources Group (URG) indicó...estar informada de un "incidente armado" que implicó a una de sus escoltas e indicó "trabajar con las autoridades iraquíes" para determinar las circunstancias...El martes en Bagdad, murieron por impactos de bala dos mujeres que viajaban a bordo de un automóvil que al parecer se acercó excesivamente a una caravana de vehículos blindados...Según estas fuentes, los guardias de seguridad extranjeros dispararon varias ráfagas contra el vehículo...El gobierno iraquí condenó "categóricamente" este miércoles la actuación de la compañía privada....[se refiere también a Blackwater]
Iraqi authorities...accused guards working for a foreign security company of firing randomly when they killed two women in the latest incident involving private security contractors that has outraged Iraqis. Family members held a funeral...after the shooting on Tuesday at a Baghdad intersection involving guards working for...Unity Resources Group (URG) said in a statement on its Web site that it deeply regretted the incident, in which it said a car had failed to stop despite repeated warnings. It has not yet answered phone calls or emails to its offices in Baghdad and Dubai...Many Iraqis see private security companies as little more than private armies which act with impunity and are still angry over a Sept. 16 shooting involving U.S. firm Blackwater in which 17 people were killed.
The security firm which employed a guard accused of shooting dead an Australian resident in Baghdad has issued a statement expressing its deepest sympathy at what happened. Unity Resources Group says a formal investigation into the incident is being carried out by the multinational force in Iraq. Professor Kays Juma, 72, was shot dead at a security checkpoint in Baghdad last weekend…The company says it is cooperating fully with Iraqi authorities...
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