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...helping to patrol the Iran-Iraq border, while 500 support and logistics personnel will operate from a neighboring country. A further draw down in the spring should see troop levels cut to 2,500 and signal a second stage of overwatch, with British forces largely focused on mentoring the Iraqi armed services. In April, there is to be a wholesale review, which could conceivably pave the way to a complete withdrawal of troops. A government official confirms "there is no guarantee [U.K. forces] will be [in Iraq] beyond...
...security contractor accused of shooting two Iraqis in Baghdad on Tuesday was working indirectly for a branch of the U.S. government. According to the State Department, the company, Unity Resources Group - which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates - was providing protection to RTI, a U.S. nonprofit organization under contract to work in Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The shooting occurred at 1:40 p.m. in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada. According to the Iraq interior ministry, two Iraqi Christian women were killed. The convoy had just finished dropping off an employee...
...Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper. The contractors themselves, said Cooper, are "responsible for the safety and well-being of their employees." A statement from Unity Resources said the group was "aware that there has been a shooting incident... involving one of [its] security teams" and it was "working with the Iraqi authorities to determine the outcome of [the] incident...
...despite an escalation of warnings which included hand signals and a signal flare. Finally, shots were fired at the vehicle and it stopped." Unity said, "We deeply regret this incident." Said Cooper: "The State Department extends its sympathy to families of the victims. We are in contact with the Iraqi authorities concerning this incident." For its part, RTI reiterated that none of its own staff were "involved or present when the incident occured," having already been dropped off by Unity...
Private security firms, for the most part staffed and run by non-Iraqis, have been under intense scrutiny since the Blackwater incident on Sept. 16, which resulted in the death of several Iraqi civilians. The Iraqi government has said that its investigation showed that the Blackwater opened fire without provocation and has asked that the guards involved be put on trial. Foreign security contractors have, until now, enjoyed extraterritorial privileges and have not been subjected to Iraqi...