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Article

10 Jul 2010

Author:
Aljazeera English

[video] Father seeks justice for Iraq death

In October 2007 Genevia Askander, a 30-year old humanitarian worker in Iraq, was returning home from church when the car she was in was sprayed with bullets. The deadly shooting was blamed on a US private security firm, Unity Resources Group. Almost three years after Genevia's death Jalal Askander, her father, is seeking justice in a US court. [the company says the guards opened fire only after the car failed several warning to stop, and called the incident regrettable]