Liberty Star
01-01-2010, 03:21 PM
This is a troubling development for Iraqi freedom:
He said Iraq would "act forcefully and decisively to prosecute the Blackwater criminals".
The Iraqi human rights minister, Wejdan Mikhail, said she was "astonished" by the US move.
"There was so much work done to prosecute these people and to take this case into court and I don't understand why the judge took this decision," the AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, said the court's decision could create local resentment against other security firms operating in the country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_blackwater
He said Iraq would "act forcefully and decisively to prosecute the Blackwater criminals".
The Iraqi human rights minister, Wejdan Mikhail, said she was "astonished" by the US move.
"There was so much work done to prosecute these people and to take this case into court and I don't understand why the judge took this decision," the AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, said the court's decision could create local resentment against other security firms operating in the country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_blackwater