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...security contractors operating in Iraq. So far, the answer is very little. Justice Department lawyers are still unsure what U.S. law, if any, could be used to bring charges in the case. A previous incident on Christmas Eve where an intoxicated security contractor allegedly shot and killed an Iraqi guard was referred to the Department of Justice months ago, and no charges have yet been filed...
...Sept. 17, the Iraqi government ordered that Blackwater USA, the now infamous private contractor of security officers for the U.S. government, cease working and leave the country within six months. The order followed a horrendous display of force by Blackwater employees, in which 17 Iraqi civilians died and 24 others were wounded. A month after this order, however, Blackwater’s officers are still active in Baghdad and its massive fort inside the Green Zone is still humming with activity. This defiance of the Iraqi government—and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s recent push...
...battle that pulverized the city and snuffed out what was left of its economy, a succession of American infantry units developed a security plan for Fallujah that eventually carved it up into nine precincts along traditional divisions. The districts are now separated from each other by concrete barricades and Iraqi police checkpoints and watched by thousands of Iraqi police and armed neighborhood watchmen, leading to the nickname "Fortress Fallujah." "It's an unfortunate side effect of securing the city," Miller explained, reminding his Iraqi partners that the main drag through the city, which used to feed the district its lifeblood...
...development in their zone. They've seen how fragile their hold is on the region and know what idleness breeds. A car bomb thought to be made there killed 40 people in Fallujah during a funeral procession in May, and a cell of bomb makers was cut down by Iraqi police in Sinaa as recently as August. They say they are in a race against time. "Al-Qaeda is very weak, but all of Fallujah is still afraid," said Al Fallujy, the Sinaa mukhtar. "We've got an opportunity here," said Chief Warrant Officer Steve Townsley, the head...
...ambassador suggested might have come at the behest of Tehran. (Iran may also have had a hand in brokering a truce between the two key Shi'ite militia groups, Sadr's Mahdi Amy and Badr Brigade of the Supreme Islamic Council, which is a key element of the Iraqi government...