Iraq Says 2 American Guards Detained

Iraq Says 2 American Guards Detained - World on The Huffington Post: "BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers detained two American security guards along with several other foreigners traveling Monday in a private security convoy after they opened fire in Baghdad, wounding one woman, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

U.S. military and embassy officials had no immediate information about the report, which follows a series of recent shootings in which foreign security guards have allegedly killed Iraqis.

Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said the convoy was driving on the wrong side of the road in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah when the shooting occurred.

Those arrested included two American guards, along with 21 people from Sri Lanka, nine from Nepal and 10 Iraqis, al-Moussawi said. He earlier said an Italian, nine from Bangladesh and one from India were detained but later retracted that statement....

[bth: it will be interesting to know if there is going to follow an immediate decrease in contractor initiated shootings.]