Askander v. Research Triangle Institute and Unity Resources Group, No. 08-cv-595 (DC) ( Case Background )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOXS3AoMlA

Askander v. Research Triangle Institute and Unity Resources Group, No. 08-cv-595 (DC)

http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/AskanderReply.pdfhttp://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/warcrimes.html

http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/Memo%20Op%20Aug%2012%202010.pdf

The use of private military contractors in Iraq has created a pattern of unfortunate and inexplicable murders of innocent civilians in that country, compounding efforts to stabilize the new government. Although the Blackwater corporation has received most of the public's attention, on account of an incident in which some 16 innocent people were killed, there are many other private security contractors in Iraq, and hundreds of smaller incidents that have not made the news.

In Askander v. RTI, we are seeking to hold a private security contractor and its employer responsible for a murder resulting from an aggressive policy of shooting at any perceived threat. In this case, two women were driving home from church, with two children in the back seat, when they apparently got too close to a convoy of armored vehicles. Fearing a car bomb, the contractors opened fire on the vehicle with machine guns, killing the two women in the front seat, and wounding the children in the back.

DOCUMENTARY:

http://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/archive/video/2007/20071121.flv

http://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/archive/media/2007-5/20071121.htmhttp://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/DOD/iraq_II_videos/2007/killing_mary_awanis.htm

http://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/DOD/iraq_II/database/2007/antranick_manook.htm

http://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/DOD/iraq_II/database/2007/antranick_manook.htm#CivilCaseII

                                                 

These kinds of incidents are entirely avoidable and are extremely counterproductive to the efforts of America and Iraq to bring stability to the country. Since Ambassador Bremer passed an ordinance exempting American contractors from Iraqi legal process, we have filed suit in Federal District Court in Washington DC. The driver of the vehicle, Marani Awanis Manook, is represented by the law firm of Burke O'Neil, LLC.