Baghdad, Nov 19, (VOI)- The Director of the National Command Centre General Abdul Karim Khalaf said on Monday that Iraqi security forces arrested guards from a foreign security firm after shooting a woman in central Baghdad.
"Guards from a foreign security firm opened fire against a woman near al-Sabaa Qusour crossroads in Karada this afternoon," Khalaf told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"Police forces arrested the owner of the vehicle who opened the fire against the woman as well as Sirilanki workers, who were accompanying him," the general added.
"The woman was wounded in her leg and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he noted.
The general refused to announce the name of the firm or the number of the captives, asserting that investigation still underway.
This development, regardless of the company involved, punctuates the ramped-up need for Iraq's security forces to do the job of policing their country.
The risk of arrest in a country where insurgents do their best to look like normal civilians must place an incredible amount of pressure on security employees. Security operations will either cost more (supply and demand) or the U.S. armed forces will need to do more security work. On the plus side, Iraqi politicians look like they're looking out for civilians. On the downside they're increasing the risk that security won't get done at an acceptable level.*****
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