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Jun 14, 2004, 10:47 PM
Link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/14/MNGAO75R1L1.DTL)
Baghdad -- In an early test of its imminent sovereignty, Iraq's new government has been resisting a U.S. demand that thousands of foreign contract workers here be granted immunity from Iraqi law, in the same way as U.S. military forces are now immune, according to Iraqi sources.
The U.S. proposal, although not widely known, has touched a nerve of some nationalist-minded Iraqis already chafing under the 14-month-old U.S.-led occupation. If accepted by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, it would put the highly visible U.S. foreign contract workers into a special legal category, not subject to military justice and beyond the reach of Iraq's justice system.
What a perfect way to wage a war against the infidel, by having a mercenary force paid for by the US gov but considered to be untouchable by the Pentagon, US law and Iraqi law. Is this the way of the future for US military "excursions"?
Baghdad -- In an early test of its imminent sovereignty, Iraq's new government has been resisting a U.S. demand that thousands of foreign contract workers here be granted immunity from Iraqi law, in the same way as U.S. military forces are now immune, according to Iraqi sources.
The U.S. proposal, although not widely known, has touched a nerve of some nationalist-minded Iraqis already chafing under the 14-month-old U.S.-led occupation. If accepted by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, it would put the highly visible U.S. foreign contract workers into a special legal category, not subject to military justice and beyond the reach of Iraq's justice system.
What a perfect way to wage a war against the infidel, by having a mercenary force paid for by the US gov but considered to be untouchable by the Pentagon, US law and Iraqi law. Is this the way of the future for US military "excursions"?
