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### Viewing cable 07BAGHDAD3504, PSD INCIDENT UPDATE: EMBASSY APPROVES CONDOLENCE

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07BAGHDAD3504 | 2007-10-22 18:06 | 2010-11-30 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Baghdad

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    VZCZCXYZ0000
    PP RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHGB #3504/01 2951859
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    P 221859Z OCT 07
    FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3966

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 003504

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/21/2017
    TAGS: AMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ
    SUBJECT: PSD INCIDENT UPDATE: EMBASSY APPROVES CONDOLENCE
    PAYMENTS, GOI INVESTIGATION REPORT RELEASED, RSO ACTIVITY

    REF: A. BAGHDAD 03341
    ¶B. BAGHDAD 03307
    ¶C. BAGHDAD 03257
    ¶D. BAGHDAD 03164
    ¶E. BAGHDAD 03156
    ¶F. BAGHDAD 03143
    ¶G. BAGHDAD 03136

    Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Patricia A. Butenis for reasons
    1.4 (b) and (d)

    CONFIDENTIAL

    SIPDIS

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    Summary
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    (C) 1. The Embassy obtained a copy of with the results of the
    Government of Iraq's (GOI) investigation report of the
    September 16 incident at Nisoor Square. The report portrays
    the incident as an unprovoked attack on unarmed civilians,
    references a number of other alleged incidents involving
    Blackwater, recommends payments of $8 million and $4 million
    for each death and injury respectively, and calls for the USG
    to replace Blackwater within six months of the incident. It
    is unclear to what extent the GOI is committed to these
    recommendations or how it intends to implement them. The
    Embassy has begun accepting claims from victims of the
    incident, with 15 claims submitted so far. Post has approved
    payments of $10,000 for each death, $5,000 for each injury,
    and $2,500 for property damage. The Regional Security Office
    (RSO) is implementing changes to procedures and increasing
    linkages to the GOI for cooperation and information sharing
    on PSD issues. The Embassy is awaiting the Department's
    determination as to what information about past PSD incidents
    can be shared with the Joint Commission, and is developing a
    work plan to guide the meetings of the Joint Commission; this
    work plan will also form the basis of Post's proposed
    structure for the Joint Commission's report.

    -----------------
    GOI Investigation
    -----------------

    (C) 2. On October 11 the Ministry of Defense (MOD) gave the
    Embassy a copy of the final report of its investigative
    committee. The report was produced and endorsed by the eight
    Iraqi members of the Joint Commission. The details of the
    incident as described in the report portray a random and
    unprovoked shooting involving small and medium arms fire
    resulting in the deaths of vehicle passengers and bystanders.
    The report states that there was no evidence the convoy was
    fired upon, that a total of 17 Iraqis were killed, 27
    wounded, 7 cars burned or damaged, and that 2 Iraqi Security
    Forces were among the casualties.

    (C) 3. The report concludes that the conduct of the PSD
    violated Iraqi law and a number of CPA orders and that
    therefore the incident is a pre-meditated murder for which
    the Blackwater personnel must be held accountable. It also
    claims that the Ministry of Interior has information on seven
    other instances in which Blackwater personnel killed 10
    Iraqis and wounded 15 others. It states that due to these
    previous violations, the company's license was not renewed
    after it expired in June 2006.

    The report makes 5 recommendations:

    -- 1: That a court investigate the crime and take actions as
    stipulated by relevant CPA and Iraqi law immediately.
    -- 2: That the Council of Ministers requests the U.S.
    Government replace Blackwater within six months of the
    incident and replace it with a more disciplined company.
    -- 3: That Blackwater pay $8 million for each death and $4
    million for each injury.
    -- 4: That the MOI address the issue of Blackwater operating
    illegally (without a license).
    -- 5: That new legislation governing security contractors
    drafted by the MOI and currently being considered by
    legislative bodies be adopted as quickly as possible (Ref A).

    ------------------------------------
    Embassy Approves Condolence Payments
    ------------------------------------

    (C) 4. On October 18 and October 20 the Embassy sent a team
    to the National Iraqi Assistance Center, a facility where
    MNF-I collects claims paperwork from Iraqis injured in MNF-I
    incidents, to collect applications from the Nisoor Square
    incident. The Iraqi National Police previously provided the
    Embassy with contact information of family members for 7 of
    the 17 Iraqis killed and for 15 of the 27 injured, all of
    whom were contacted. So far the Embassy has received

    paperwork for 15 claims, including one claim form that was
    previously submitted to MNF-I.

    (C) 5. On October 21 the Embassy Claims and Condolence
    Committee, chaired by the DCM, reviewed the claims submitted.
    The Embassy's claims and condolence program is modeled after
    MNC-I's, which typically provides up to $2,500 per incident
    (death, injury or property damage) but which permits payments
    of up to $10,000 per incident in extraordinary
    circumstances, if approved by the MNC-I Division Commanding
    General. Consistent with military practice and with the
    Ambassador's approval, the Committee agreed to make payments
    of $10,000 to the family members of those killed, $5,000 to
    those injured, and $2,500 for each instance of property
    damage. The Committee agreed to arrange a forum for payment
    to the 15 claimants who have already filed paperwork, to
    expedite this payment, and to work with the GOI to contact
    the remaining potential claimants. The Embassy believes that
    Blackwater should also make its own payments in this
    incident, and requests the Department's assistance in
    conveying this message.

    --------------------------------------------- --
    Preparing for the next Joint Commission Meeting
    --------------------------------------------- --

    (C) 6. As agreed at the first Joint Commission Meeting on
    October 7 (Ref A), the Embassy is working with the Department
    to decide what information regarding the Nisoor Square and
    other PSD incidents can be shared with the Commission. The
    Embassy Legal Advisor is developing a work plan for the
    Commission, which, after consultation with our Iraq working
    level counterparts, we plan to introduce at the next meeting.
    The goal of this plan is to have each of the Joint
    Commission's meetings focus on one of the major themes of the
    report that the Commission will ultimately issue.

    --------------------------------------------- ----
    Investigation and Regional Security Office Update
    --------------------------------------------- ----

    (C) 7. The FBI continues its investigation with support from
    the Regional Security Officer (RSO) as needed. The RSO is
    implementing changes to its operating procedures. Diplomatic
    Security (DS) agents are now in charge of and accompanying
    all Chief of Mission (COM) motorcade movements in Baghdad
    outside of the IZ and to the extent possible in the rest of
    Iraq. An increased staffing pattern to sustain this larger
    workload has been approved by Post Management and has been
    submitted to the Department. DS is in the process of
    procuring video systems for all PSD vehicles and
    communications recording equipment for the Tactical
    Operations Center. The RSO is also taking technological steps
    to improve the mutual awareness of RSO and MNC-I elements in
    the field, and is procuring radios that will allow tactical
    communications between RSO air and ground assets and MNC-I
    assets.

    (C) 8. The RSO is also forming an investigative response unit
    that will potentially include MNF-I and GOI representatives,
    to investigate all incidents involving COM security assets,
    including statistical analysis and metrics of PSD incidents
    and systematic collection and archiving of recorded video
    footage and radio communications. Additionally, the RSO is
    reviewing the viability of alternative non-lethal escalation
    of force procedures.

    (C) 9. The RSO is working to improve linkages to the GOI for
    the general sharing of information and investigation of
    specific PSD incidents. The RSO will be participating
    regularly in the GOI/USG Crisis Action Cell, which is a
    weekly meeting between senior U.S. military officials, the
    Minister of Defense, and the National Security Advisor where
    PSD incidents are often raised. The RSO is scheduled to meet
    with the Chiefs of the Iraqi Police and the National Police
    in an effort to develop closer working-level relationships.

    --------------
    Media Coverage
    --------------

    (C) 10. The Nisoor Square incident and private security
    contractors in general have continued to receive negative
    coverage and have served as rallying points for Iraqi
    politicians and government officials (both those in power and
    in the opposition). Coverage of the establishment of the
    Joint Commission stemmed mostly from U.S. Government
    statements about it. Coverage of GOI statements included
    those of Al-Dabbagh on October 7 saying that the Iraqi
    investigation found Blackwater responsible for "deliberate
    murder". Other reports focused on the GOI's call for
    Blackwater to pay a total of $136 million for the incident
    and comparing it to the Lockerbie bombing. An October 9

    incident involving Unity Resources Group (URG), the PSD of a
    USAID contractor, in which two Iraqi women were killed, was
    reported as a "Blackwater-type massacre".

    (C) 11. Newspaper and other coverage waned due to the Eid
    al-Fitr holiday, but Blackwater returned to the press once
    the news cycle resumed, with reports focusing on the Prime
    Minister's advisor Sami al-Askri who said "the Iraqi
    government has a clear position regarding the future of
    Blackwater in Iraq. The security firm should be expelled
    within six months." Editorials in all of Iraq's newspapers
    have lashed out at Blackwater, likening it to another militia
    contributing to the deterioration of Iraq's security.
    Numerous editorial cartoons have been published depicting
    Blackwater as bloodthirsty mercenaries. While the escalation
    of the Turkish border issue has been dominating the media,
    the Blackwater incident will likely remain a prominent issue
    for editorials and political cartoons as the unpopularity of
    private security firms makes it an easy target.
    CROCKER

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