Unity Resources Group
Unity Resources Group is an Australian security, support and training firm that was formed in 2000. Unity is "an Australian-run security company registered in Singapore and with headquarters in Dubai," reported the New York Times.[1]. Unity is a member of two trade organizations, the International Peace Operations Association and the Private Security Company Association of Iraq.
On October 9, 2007, Unity employees fired on a car in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two women civilians of Armenian descent. This killing came three weeks after a massacre by Blackwater USA in Baghdad and re-affirmed the Iraqi government's position to revoke contractor immunity. [2]
The Unity workers involved in the shooting were contracted to provide protection for RTI International. "Statements from both Unity and RTI have made clear the guards were not escorting RTI clients when the shooting occurred," reported Associated Press. RTI "promotes governance projects in Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development." [3]
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Contact information
Unity Resources Group
First Gulf Bank Building
PO Box 121026
Dubai UAE
Phone: +971 4 295 5772
Email: info AT unityresourcesgroup DOT com
Website: http://www.unityresourcesgroup.com
SourceWatch resources
- Blackwater USA
- Private Military Corporations
- RTI International
- U.S. Agency for International Development
Americas
- Neil Marshall: nmarshall AT unityresourcesgroup DOT com
Middle East
- Mike Fiacco: mfiacco AT unityresourcesgroup DOT com
Australia
- Alasdair Hutcheson: alasdair AT unityresourcesgroup DOT com
Asia Pacific
- Bill Glenwright: bg AT security-solutions-asia DOT com
Africa
- Jim Terrie: jterrie AT unityresourcesgroup DOT com
External links
References
- ↑ Andrew E. Kramer, "2 Killed in Shooting Mourned Far Beyond Iraq," New York Times, October 11, 2007.
- ↑ Sarah Smiles and Richard Baker, "Australian firm involved in fatal shooting," The Age (Australia), October 11, 2007.
- ↑ Qassim Abdul-Zahra, "Funeral for 2 Slain in Security Shooting," Associated Press, October 10, 2007.
Articles
- "Dubai security firm admits to latest Iraq shooting", Reuters, October 10, 2007
- "Private security guards kill two Iraqi Christian women", Philadelphia Daily News, October 10, 2007.
- Qassim Abdul-Zahra, "Funeral for 2 Slain in Security Shooting", Associated Press, October 10, 2007.
- Daniel Politi, "Threat Levels", Slate, October 10, 2007.
- Mary Dunn, "Security company Unity Resources Group defends shooting", Herald Sun (Australia), October 11, 2007.
- Tom Allard and Craig Skehan, "Aussies in Iraqi firing line", Sydney Morning Herald, October 11, 2007.
- Andre E. Kramer and James Glanz, "2 Women Killed in Security Shooting Are Buried in Iraq", New York Times, October 11, 2007.
