] A US military contractor accused of human rights
] violations has won a multi-million-dollar contract to
] police post-Saddam Iraq, The Observer can reveal.
]
] DynCorp, which has donated more than £100,000 to the
] Republican Party, began recruiting for a private police
] force in Iraq last week on behalf of the US State
] Department.
]
] The awarding of such a sensitive contract to DynCorp has
] caused consternation in some circles over the company's
] policing record. A British employment tribunal recently
] forced DynCorp to pay £110,000 in compensation to a UN
] police officer it unfairly sacked in Bosnia for
] whistleblowing on DynCorp colleagues involved in an
] illegal sex ring.