Iraq aims to end immunity of security firms
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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With its authority in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration will also seek to guarantee civilian contractors specific legal protections from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.
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WASHINGTON - The State Department moved quickly yesterday to tamp down anger and possible repercussions after the alleged killing of eight Iraqi civilians by a private security firm hired to protect US diplomats in Iraq.
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Government forces fanned out across Baghdad, setting up checkpoints and frisking motorists in a major security operation to crackdown on violence in the capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised the crackdown would not target any ethnic or sectarian group.
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The fog of war keeps getting thicker. The Iraqi government's decision to temporarily ban the security company Blackwater USA after a fatal shooting of civilians in Baghdad reveals a growing web of rules governing weapons-bearing private contractors but few signs U.S. agencies are aggressively enforcing them.
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Iraq clamped tough security measures  across the country on Friday, sealing land borders and curbing  travel to foil insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's election,  but a car bomb killed four people in Baghdad.
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Â· US guards start work after civilian deaths Â· Iraq to end immunity for security firms
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The announcement by the Iraqi government today follows the banning of Blackwater USA, an American contractor, after a shooting that left eight Iraqis dead.
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US officials investigating Iraqi deaths offered Blackwater guards at the centre of the case immunity, say reports.
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Improved security in Baghdad has pulled Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war but security forces must not relax in the battle against threats such as al Qaeda, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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Iraq says it will review the status of all security firms in the country after a deadly gunfight involving a US firm.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country.
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Iraq will review the status of all security companies after this week's "flagrant assault" by contractors from the U.S. firm Blackwater in which 11 people were shot dead, the government said on Tuesday.
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Iraq&#039;s prime minister called Wednesday for a review of legislation that gives foreign troops immunity from prosecution, expressing concern that U.S. soldiers sometimes act knowing that they are protected from punishment.
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The Iraqi governmentâs authority to bar Blackwater USA, a security company that was involved in the deaths of eight Iraqis, appeared to be in question.
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Iraqâs Ministry of Interior is proposing a reshaping of how American diplomats in Iraq are protected. The U.S. Embassy said today that some Blackwater convoys had resumed.
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A federal judge yesterday ordered the military to temporarily refrain from awarding the largest security contract in Iraq. The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U.S. Army veteran filed a protest against the government practice of hiring what he calls mercenaries, according to...