FUNERAL HELD FOR ARMENIAN WOMEN SLAIN IN SECURITY FIRM SHOOTING
KPLC-TV, LA
Associated Press
Oct 10 2007
BAGHDAD (AP) – Mourners have been calling for justice at a funeral for
two Armenian Christian women shot to death while driving in central
Baghdad yesterday.
Iraqi authorities have blamed the killings on guards working for a
private, Australian-owned security company. The company says its team
fired after the car failed to stop despite warnings.
The funeral Mass for the two women was held at the Virgin Mary Church
in Baghdad. A priest there urged the government to kick the company
out of Iraq and punish those responsible, despite the immunity that
foreign security contractors have generally enjoyed.
He called the incident a "crime against humanity," adding that many
others have been killed in similar circumstances.
The daughters of 1 of the slain women wept over the casket.