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Article: 'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers
- Article from:
- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- November 27, 2005
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A "TROPHY'' video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad
randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations
after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
The video has sparked concern that private security companies,
which are not subject to any form of regulation either in Britain or
in Iraq, could be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent
Iraqis.
The video, which first appeared on a website that has been linked
unofficially to Aegis Defence Services, contained four separate
clips, in which security guards open fire with automatic rifles at
civilian cars. All of the shooting incidents apparently took place on