Foreign guards arrested in Iraq-security spokesman

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Source: reuters

BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces arrested a number of foreign security guards after a shooting incident in central Baghdad on Monday, the capital's security spokesman said.

The role of foreign security guards has been under the spotlight since a September shooting in Baghdad involving private U.S. security firm Blackwater in which 17 Iraqis died.

"Iraqi security forces arrested a number of security guards from a security company who fired at civilians today in Karrada district," Brigadier-General Qassim Moussawi told Reuters.

"They are still with the Iraqi government. They are not Iraqis, they are foreigners, and the company is a foreign company," he said.



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1. IT IS PAST TIME ALL SECURITY PEOPLE PULLED OUT!

[Xipe Totec]

2. To me, they fit the definition of unlawful enemy combatants nt

[Eugene]

3. Iraq says 43 arrested over Baghdad shooting

Source: Reuters

Iraq says 43 arrested over Baghdad shooting
19 Nov 2007 19:44:09 GMT
Source: Reuters

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BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An Iraqi government spokesman
said on Monday that Iraqi security forces had arrested 43
people, including two Americans and 31 other foreigners, over
a shooting in which a woman was wounded in central Baghdad.

"This is a message to security companies that no one is above
the law," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Reuters.

Dabbagh said those arrested would appear before an investigating
judge in Baghdad on Tuesday.

"Those involved will be put on trial and the innocent will be
released," he said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAR980928.htm

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They arrested two Americans. Let's see if they can make any charges stick.