Yesterday a story ran where the U.S. gave blackwater immunity from the Sept. 16 shooting. Today a story ran where the Iraqi government wrote a bill where it would lift the immunity and has been sent to parliment. My question is this, will the bill lift the immunity or will the U.S. override the Iraqi government and that would prove that the Iraqi government is just a puppet government?
2007-10-30 04:20:07 · 6 answers · asked by Enterrador 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Immunity give by the US government is worthless if the Iraqi government revokes it, which I hope they do.
That is not to say that the US would extradite any Blackwater personnel back to Iraq if they were charged with a crime.
If the situation was reversed and some contractor guarding Iraqi diplomats open fire in a US city killing a bunch of civilians and then Iraq gave the contractors immunity would it hold up in a US court? Don't think so.
I hope the Iraqis take control of their own country and ask us to leave....SOON.
2007-10-30 04:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by spay&neuter-all-republicans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if immunity is lifted, it was in place at the time of the incident so Blackwater would only be accountable for future offenses. I do not think that the US will try to override the bill if it passes.
2007-10-30 04:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by justgetitright 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd like to say we'd stick up for our own citizens, but we DID let Mexico take Dog the Bounty Hunter...
2007-10-30 09:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by ryan c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i Think we all know whats going to happen
.If thousands of people are allowed into another country and in effect given a free licence to randomly kill or commit any crime they choose to commit against its population with no fear of prosecution this is the true face of terrorism ,warcrimes and crimes against humanity .
no truely civilised country would ever allow this to happen
This exact same behavour is what preceded the holocaust
2007-10-30 04:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by keny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah what right does a "foreign" government have to hold a private American company liable for murdering their citizens in their own country? (If that's what happened)
2007-10-30 04:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by Steve G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't see how we will allow a foreign government to dictate what our American business will do and will not do. This will not pass.
2007-10-30 04:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by mustagme 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋