[A-List] Iraqi Government To Sue Blackwater Over Civilian Slayings

[Paul Wright]

They always get immunity. Perhaps some foreign court has held the US liable
for murder and such but not the US courts.

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[mailto:a-list-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nadja Tesich
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Subject: Re: [A-List] Iraqi Government To Sue Blackwater Over Civilian
Slayings


 If you know of any case when some country sued USA or its troops for
genocide,criminal activities etc etc.---and WON--please tell me.
Nadja
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> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:04:14 -0500
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Rozoff
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> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:55 PM
> Subject: [stopnato] Iraqi Government To Sue Blackwater Over Civilian
> Slayings
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> http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/iraq-sue-blackwater-iraq
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> Radio Netherlands
> January 4, 2010
>
> Iraq to sue Blackwater in Iraq
>
> Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says his government is going to sue US
> security firm Blackwater in Iraq itself.
>
> On Sunday, the Iraqi government had said it would help the victims of a
2007
> Baghdad shooting bring legal action in the United States.
>
> Last week, a US judge threw out charges against five Blackwater guards
> accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, saying the
> evidence had been obtained illegally.
>
> It was one of the bloodiest shootings involving a private security firm.
>
> The case provoked a storm of protests.
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