U.N. wants security guards in Iraq to face law

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U.N. wants security guards in Iraq to face law

By David Clarke 6 minutes ago

By David Clarke 8 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United Nations wants probes to determine whether private security contractors in Iraq have committed war crimes and for governments to ensure that the rule of law is applied, U.N. officials said on Thursday.

The killing of 17 Iraqis in a shooting involving U.S. security firm Blackwater last month has created tensions between Baghdad and Washington and sparked calls for tighter controls on private contractors, who are immune from prosecution in Iraq.

Ivana Vuco, the U.N.'s senior human rights officer in Iraq, told a news conference that private security contractors were still subject to international humanitarian law and that meant there were specific consequences for any breach.

"Investigations as to whether or not crimes against humanity, war crimes, are being committed and obviously the consequences of that is something that we will be paying attention to and advocating for," she told a news conference.

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1. How embarrassing--we now have the UN intervening on another country's behalf

because of US! WE are a rogue nation whom other countries must be protected from! Jesus H, we're going down the toilet fast.

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2. This is great news. Bush policies dismantled

Bush buddies in war crimes councils.