UN experts urge Iraq, U.S. to pursue Blackwater case

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

GENEVA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts called on Iraq and the United States on Thursday to ensure that the 2007 killing of at least 14 Iraqi civilians, which has been blamed on Blackwater security guards, be prosecuted.

Iraq said on Monday it would launch lawsuits in U.S. and Iraqi courts against the U.S. security firm for the Baghdad killings, rejecting a U.S. judge's decision last week to throw out the charges.

In a statement, the United Nations working group on the use of mercenaries said the case underscored the need for "credible oversight" of private security companies working for the United States and other governments in war zones.

Baghdad and Washington must cooperate to resolve the killings committed at a Baghdad traffic circle in Sept. 2007, with "those responsible fully held accountable", it said.

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[Randall Flagg]

1. From the U.N.'s mouth to God's ears.

Recommended.

[winyanstaz]

2. Good...I hope they put those evil-doing bastards away.

Paid killers....with your tax dollars..don't it make you proud?

[EFerrari]

3. It's not going to happen. Prince has threatened to spill his guts

on CIA wrongdoing if this case is pursued.

[Jamastiene]

4. He's already talking quite a bit.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/01/blackwater-201001?currentPage=1