U.S. military charges civilian contractor in Iraq

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. military charges civilian contractor in Iraq
Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:59am EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States military announced
on Saturday it had charged a civilian contractor in Iraq
under U.S. military law for the first time.

Alaa Mohammad Ali is accused of stabbing another contractor,
the military said in a statement. It did not specify his
nationality.

The statement said he was the first contractor charged under
an amendment passed by Congress in 2006, which governs
military trials for contractors accompanying U.S. troops.

Ali has been held by U.S. military authorities since February
and will face his first pre-trial hearing on April 10. He will
be given the same rights as a U.S. service member facing
military court, the statement said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0540710920080405

[annabanana]

1. You KNEW they weren't going to start with a Smith or Jones

Didn't you. . .

Let's hope this is the first of a flood of charges.

[goforit]

2. One Contractor kills another contractor and ......They press charges. Hilarious!

Irony. But Contractors can kill anybody else freely without reprecussions.

[Amonester]

3. Yes, but this one's skin color is...

_________. (fill in the blank).


On edit: ( :sarcasm: on DU, and :puke: on the Rumsferatu's pentacle gone)

[Wizard777]

4. Okay this is just funny.

"Alaa Mohammad Ali is accused of stabbing another contractor, the military said in a statement. It did not specify his nationality."

Okay, I'm gonna take a guess here. I think he's Swedish.

[appleannie1]

5. Sounds German to me.