The US House of Representatives passed legislation that allows the prosecution of security personnel contracted by the US government for work in Iraq and other hostile places.
The 389-30 vote in favour of the bill came less than three weeks after a security team from the Blackwater USA firm was involved in a deadly firefight in Baghdad that left 11 people dead.
The bill closes a loophole in the current law that provides for the prosecution of only Defence Department contractors by expanding it to the entire US government. Blackwater was hired by the State Department to guard diplomatic convoys and facilities.
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The US House of Representatives passed legislation that allows the prosecution of security personnel contracted by the US government for work in Iraq and other hostile places.
The 389-30 vote in favour of the bill came less than three weeks after a security team from the Blackwater USA firm was involved in a deadly firefight in Baghdad that left 11 people dead.
The bill closes a loophole in the current law that provides for the prosecution of only Defence Department contractors by expanding it to the entire US government. Blackwater was hired by the State Department to guard diplomatic convoys and facilities.
monsters and critics
Stumble it!
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