May
5,
2004
Press
Statement
The
Polit
Bureau
of
the
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
has
issued
the
following
statement:
Ban
Recruitment
for
Iraq
There
are
confirmed
reports
of
Indian
ex-servicemen
being
hired
for
performing
military
duties
in
Iraq
for
the
American
occupation.
Indian
private
security
agencies
have
been
recruiting
such
personnel
and
sending
them
to
Iraq.
The
Central
government
should
immediately
ban
such
recruitment
and
take
action
against
those
security
agencies
who
have
been
involved
in
this
illegal
venture.
The
government
of
India
should
make
it
clear
that
no
Indian
personnel
can
be
used
for
such
"privatised"
mercenary
activities.