You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Iraq Revokes U.S.-Imposed Contractor Immunity

HeadlineOct 25, 2007

The Iraqi government has reportedly canceled a U.S.-imposed law granting immunity to private security contractors operating inside Iraq. Contractors have been immune from prosecution since former Bush administration proconsul Paul Bremer handed down the law shortly before leaving Iraq in June 2004. The Iraqi Cabinet’s decision follows last month’s killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater guards in Baghdad.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top