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- December 13, 2010, 01:58:28 PMPolice spokesman Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf said the Americans were being held at an Iraqi police station inside the Green Zone "in connection with a joint US-Iraqi investigation" into Kitterman's death but gave no further details.
Kitterman had also been working in Iraq since 2003 and founded a small construction company that operates from the Green Zone.
US and Iraqi officials said the five have not been charged in the death of Jim Kitterman, 60, a construction company owner from Houston, whose body was found May 22 in his car in the Green Zone. He had been blindfolded, bound and stabbed.
She said the CTU contractors knew Kitterman as "simply comrades living in the Green Zone".
A US official familiar with the case said the five were being investigated for allegations other than murder. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.
He said FBI agents were present during a search of the men's quarters at the request of Iraqi authorities who are handling the investigation.
CTU trains corporate officials on how to avoid terrorists while they are overseas. The company, which has operated in Iraq since 2003, also has gained attention for rescuing American children taken to foreign countries in custody disputes.
Five US contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in BaYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginad's Green Zone, officials said on Sunday,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, in what may become the first case of US citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year.
"They ate meals together and just knew each other, I guess, being around one another. I think there was a mutual respect for one another and I know for a fact that the Feeneys are really devastated by his loss. The day he was murdered, I got a call saying how upset everyone was," she said.
Embassy officials have visited the men to make sure they're being given their rights in accordance with Iraqi law, Fennell said, adding "the men appeared well".
The attack came just over two weeks after an American was killed when a rocket struck the sprawling area that houses the US Embassy and much of the Iraqi government.
Violence, however, continues.
The Iraqis have begun removing some of the protective blast falls around the Green Zone - part of a campaign to restore a sense of normalcy as violence in the city has waned.
"Until now, the detained persons are suspects and no formal charges have been filed against them," he told The Associated Press.
A rocket or mortar slammed into the Green Zone on Sunday morning but no casualties were reported, according to the US military.
The five were believed to be the first Americans taken into Iraqi custody since the US-Iraqi security agreement went into effect this year. The agreement removed immunity from Iraqi law enjoyed by private US contractors since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
Iraq detains five Americans over killing
US and Iraqi authorities declined to identify the contractors.
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, who supervises Iraqi police,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, said it appeared that Kitterman was killed because of an undisclosed "financial situation".
Iraq assumed control of the Green Zone on January 1 under the security agreement, taking primary responsibility from the Americans for searching vehicles and checking identity papers as entry checkpoints.
"I think everybody is devastated by the loss, including the Feeneys. And they're cooperating fully with the investigation,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," company spokeswoman Sarah Smith said. "They've not been charged with anything. And we suspect that they won't be charged with anything."
However, an official of Corporate Training Unlimited,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, a Fayetteville, NC-based security company, said the five included Donald Feeney Jr, 55, who founded the company in 1986, his son Donald Feeney III, 31, and three other employees.
Although Americans and others have been killed in rocket or mortar attacks in the Green Zone,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Kitterman was believed to be the first American ever slain in a criminal act since the protected area was established after the city fell to US forces in April 2003.
US Embassy spokesman James Fennell confirmed that five Americans were in Iraqi custody but said no formal charges have been filed so he couldn't provide further details about the detention.
Kitterman had also been working in Iraq since 2003 and founded a small construction company that operates from the Green Zone.
US and Iraqi officials said the five have not been charged in the death of Jim Kitterman, 60, a construction company owner from Houston, whose body was found May 22 in his car in the Green Zone. He had been blindfolded, bound and stabbed.
She said the CTU contractors knew Kitterman as "simply comrades living in the Green Zone".
A US official familiar with the case said the five were being investigated for allegations other than murder. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.
He said FBI agents were present during a search of the men's quarters at the request of Iraqi authorities who are handling the investigation.
CTU trains corporate officials on how to avoid terrorists while they are overseas. The company, which has operated in Iraq since 2003, also has gained attention for rescuing American children taken to foreign countries in custody disputes.
Five US contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in BaYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginad's Green Zone, officials said on Sunday,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, in what may become the first case of US citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year.
"They ate meals together and just knew each other, I guess, being around one another. I think there was a mutual respect for one another and I know for a fact that the Feeneys are really devastated by his loss. The day he was murdered, I got a call saying how upset everyone was," she said.
Embassy officials have visited the men to make sure they're being given their rights in accordance with Iraqi law, Fennell said, adding "the men appeared well".
The attack came just over two weeks after an American was killed when a rocket struck the sprawling area that houses the US Embassy and much of the Iraqi government.
Violence, however, continues.
The Iraqis have begun removing some of the protective blast falls around the Green Zone - part of a campaign to restore a sense of normalcy as violence in the city has waned.
"Until now, the detained persons are suspects and no formal charges have been filed against them," he told The Associated Press.
A rocket or mortar slammed into the Green Zone on Sunday morning but no casualties were reported, according to the US military.
The five were believed to be the first Americans taken into Iraqi custody since the US-Iraqi security agreement went into effect this year. The agreement removed immunity from Iraqi law enjoyed by private US contractors since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
Iraq detains five Americans over killing
US and Iraqi authorities declined to identify the contractors.
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, who supervises Iraqi police,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, said it appeared that Kitterman was killed because of an undisclosed "financial situation".
Iraq assumed control of the Green Zone on January 1 under the security agreement, taking primary responsibility from the Americans for searching vehicles and checking identity papers as entry checkpoints.
"I think everybody is devastated by the loss, including the Feeneys. And they're cooperating fully with the investigation,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," company spokeswoman Sarah Smith said. "They've not been charged with anything. And we suspect that they won't be charged with anything."
However, an official of Corporate Training Unlimited,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, a Fayetteville, NC-based security company, said the five included Donald Feeney Jr, 55, who founded the company in 1986, his son Donald Feeney III, 31, and three other employees.
Although Americans and others have been killed in rocket or mortar attacks in the Green Zone,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Kitterman was believed to be the first American ever slain in a criminal act since the protected area was established after the city fell to US forces in April 2003.
US Embassy spokesman James Fennell confirmed that five Americans were in Iraqi custody but said no formal charges have been filed so he couldn't provide further details about the detention.