Iraqi Sunni press alleges Czech diplomatic guard is ‘death squad’

Reports have emerged that security guards of the Czech Embassy in Iraq had been detained at Baghdad airport carrying weapons

Foreign Affairs

Tom Jones | 23.01.2012

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Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Czech embassy in Baghdad

Members of an elite Czech police unit were detained in early January when trying to leave Iraq with weapons, including guns with silencers, Czech Radio reported on Monday. Pro-Baath Party media said the Czechs had then been allowed to leave because they were in fact ‘mercenaries’ hired by the Shiite-dominated government to eliminate members of the Sunni opposition as part of a “death squad.”

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