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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Iraq says it will review the status of all private security companies after a deadly gunfight involving a US firm.
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Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
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Iraq's government on Sunday renewed its pledge to crack down on militants after a massive suicide truck bomb killed 135 people in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad.
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Iraq will close all its borders for five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday, in a move designed to boost security.
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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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Iraq on Tuesday pledged to crack down on Kurdish separatists carrying out attacks on Turkey from hideouts in the mountains of northern Iraq in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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State department offers immunity to Blackwater security guards allegedly involved in Baghdad shooting spree that left 17 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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With its authority in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration will also seek to guarantee civilian contractors immunity from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.
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Iraq&#39;s national security adviser today announced plans for the start of a national arms amnesty aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to anti-government forces.
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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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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq told the UN General Assembly yesterday 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 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 presence of private security firms are a daily humiliation for the Iraqis, and there's no reason the State Department can't provide its own security