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Saturday, March 25, 2006

 

Hired guns unaccountable

Pentagon releases 400 'serious incident reports' voluntarily filed by security contractors in Iraq

About 6,000 non-Iraqi security contractors are operating in Iraq. During nine months in 2004-05, contractors reported firing into 61 civilian vehicles; no one was ever prosecuted. Security analysts say it is likely that such incidents are vastly underreported.

Security contractors supporting the U.S. effort in Iraq regularly shoot into civilian cars with little accountability, according to a News & Observer analysis of more than 400 reports contractors filed with the government.
Full Article by Jay Price

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