Security Contractors in Iraq Remain Outside the Law
Nearing the one-year anniversary of the shooting incident involving Blackwater guards at Baghdad's Nisour Square, State Department security contractors in Iraq continue to operate in a legal vacuum.
Iraqi leaders have continually pushed to revoke the controversial Order 17, passed in the final days of the Coalition Provisional Authority to immunize contractors from Iraqi law. Recent news reports about Iraqi-U.S. negotiations indicate that the Iraqis may prevail. But because of inaction by Congress, the loophole for State … more…
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Matt Schwarzfeld is a graduate journalism student at New York University. He has written for the Village Voice, City Limits Weekly and various NYU student publications. Prior to entering journalism, he worked as a policy analyst for a national criminal justice research firm.
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