Security Guard Fires, Killing Iraqi Driver

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Times

An Iraqi taxi driver was shot and killed on Saturday by a guard with DynCorp International, a private security company hired to protect American diplomats here, when a DynCorp convoy rolled past a knot of traffic on an exit ramp in Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.

Three witnesses said the taxi had posed no threat to the convoy, and one of them, an Iraqi Army sergeant who inspected the car afterward, said it contained no weapons or explosive devices.

“They just killed a man and drove away,” Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said in his office on Sunday afternoon. He added later, “We have opened an investigation, and we have contacted the company and told them about our accusations, and we are still waiting for their response.”

It was the latest in what the Iraqi government has said are unprovoked shootings on the streets of Baghdad by security companies hired by the State Department or contractors affiliated with it. On Sept. 16, guards with another of those concerns, Blackwater, opened fire a few miles south of Saturday’s shooting, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and wounding at least 24, according to Iraqi investigators.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/world/middleeast/12contractor.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[Newsjock]

1. That poor guard

Will he get a new job with:
( ) Blackwater
( ) Halliburton
( ) American Enterprise Institute
( ) Fox News
( ) Sen. Larry Craig

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Don't hear much about Iraq anymore, except that they need more money

than ever before & the military isn't leaving.

[sabra]

3. kick

[rodeodance]

4. BBC:

Security guard kills Iraqi driver

Heavily armed convoys are a common sight in Baghdad
An Iraqi taxi driver has been shot dead in Baghdad by a guard from an American private security firm hired to protect United States diplomats.
Iraqi police said the driver had pulled aside for a convoy guarded by the firm DynCorp, but mistakenly pulled out again before the last vehicle passed.

DynCorp said a guard opened fire when the driver ignored warnings to stop.

Iraq's interior ministry said it was investigating after the latest in a string of shootings by security firms. .


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7090931.stm

[mrdmk]

5. They are being called Security Guards (Que the Crickets)...

One of these days the media will get it right. They are called Mercenaries!

p.s. I will not hold my breath for that event of media revelation.