A Dubai-based security company has run into the centre of an escalating international row over the operation of private security companies in war-torn Iraq after its alleged involvement in a shooting incident that killed two women. Dubai-based Unity Resources Group admitted their involvement in a shooting incident in Karrada district in Iraq saying that the company is working with the Iraqi authorities investigating the incident. This is the second time a private contractor has been accused of killing civilians without any provocation or threat perception in less than a month. Earlier the Iraqi government had accused a US based security company, Blackwater, of ‘deliberately’ killing 17 Iraqi civilians on September 16 in Western Baghdad. A statement issued to the media by Michael Priddin, Chief Operating Officer of Unity Resources Group said its guards opened fire on a car as its driver ignored all signals to stop. The Unity Group has been operating in Iraq since 2004 and has an operating licence to work as a private security company
DUBAI BASED FIRM INVOLVED IN IRAQ KILLING
A Dubai-based security company has run into the centre of an escalating international row over the operation of private security companies in war-torn Iraq after its alleged involvement in a shooting incident that killed two women.
