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SOUTH AFRICANS CURRENTLY IN IRAQ COULD BE PROSECUTED.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| March 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From SAPA (South African Press Association))

South Africans offering security services in Iraq could be prosecuted in terms of the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act (RFMAA), officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Defence said a statement at the weekend prohibiting South Africans from offering security or military services to any faction in Iraq without the permission of Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota merely clarified an existing situation. Spokesman Sam Mkhwanazi said the act, adopted by Parliament in 1998, has been in operation for some years already. South African courts traditionally did not allow ignorance of the law as an excuse. Mkhwanazi could …

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