Mercenary crimes unchecked: UN

[struggle4progress]

Source: Fijilive

Saturday May 19, 2007

Many human rights violations committed in Iraq by private contractors go unchallenged says the Chairman of a United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado. ~snip~

The UN working group is on a fact-finding mission to Fiji to access the growing phenomena that has lured thousands to ex-Fiji military personnel and civilians to work as security guards and as contractors in Iraq. ~snip~

"When they (private contractors) commit a violation, they are sent away from Iraq, but if they leave in a plane and maybe in 24 hours later they return as contractors for another company," he said. ~snip~

It is estimated that there may be as many as 50,000 mercenaries working in Iraq, making it the second largest force in the "coalition of the willing."

Read more: http://www.fijilive.com/news/show/news/2007/05/19/Fijilive03.html

[seriousstan]

1. "no private contractor has been persecuted for offences " Gotta love that line.

[merwin]

2. Yes, the persecution is left to the private contractors.