Pentagon pushes for more contractor immunity in Iraq

babylonsister

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Thu Feb-14-08 05:18 PM
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Pentagon pushes for more contractor immunity in Iraq

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/14/pentagon-pushes-for-more-contractor-immunity-in-iraq/

Pentagon pushes for more contractor immunity in Iraq.

As the Bush administration prepares to �renegotiate a long-term bilateral security agreement� with Iraq, a �deal-breaker for the Iraqis is contractor immunity� of the type that allowed Blackwater guards to escape punishment after killing 17 Iraqis in a Baghdad shoot-out. But �in interagency discussions arranged in preparation for the start of negotiations, the Department of Defense has said it wants to ask the Iraqis to maintain status quo.� The State Department �has argued strongly against that position.�

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Thu Feb-14-08 05:24 PM
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1. They are shielding criminals

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slipslidingaway

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Thu Feb-14-08 08:04 PM
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2. Iran 1964... Immunity agreement or Capitulations Agreement

I would imagine that the people in Iraq are aware of what happened in Iran, from immunity to the oil consortium.

:shrug:

The Eagle and the Lion by James A. Bill

pgs. 156-161 - these are online and discuss the immunity agreement with Iran, the reaction in Iran and some of the speech by Khomeini when the law was finally passed.

and 175-176 (just noticed these pages are not listed online :( It talks about the paper prepared by Princeton Professor T. Cuyler Young and how his views were ignored by the American Foreign policy establishment.

http://books.google.com/books?id=FNBpbh-mDcoC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Iranian+American+Status+of+Forces+agreement+&source=web&ots=i0GaGBB25g&sig=RWpYMqAH1rjCH5t39CHKPvvdPn0

Some additional info and old film clips on the coup here...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=92592&mesg_id=92686

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