CNN International: Iraq "Won't Hesitate" to Impose Martial Law

[DeepModem Mom]

Iraq 'won't hesitate' to impose martial law

Minister comments after latest attack; coalition examines implications

Friday, June 18, 2004 Posted: 1738 GMT (0138 HKT)


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Less than two weeks before the U.S. coalition is set to transfer sovereignty to Iraq, the country's interim interior minister would not rule out the declaration of martial law if insurgent attacks on Iraqis continue.

Falah al-Nakib was speaking at a news conference just after 35 people were killed in a car bombing on Thursday in Baghdad....

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The U.S.-led coalition is examining the legal implications of martial law in Iraq after sovereignty is restored on June 30, a senior coalition official told CNN Friday.

Martial law is defined as temporary rule by the military over the civilian population when civil authority has broken down. It was unclear how this would work in Iraq....


http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/18/iraq.main/index.html

[CitizenRob]

1. wait...

Aren't they under Martial Law now? Isn't Martial Law just another way of saying Military rule?


So... what's the difference?

[DeepModem Mom]

2. After the June 30 deadline....

"If we need to do it, yes, we'll do it. We won't hesitate," said al-Nakib, responding to a question about a possible declaration. "This is the security of our country. This is the security and life of our people."

[Spinzonner]

3. Umm, dont you have to actually have a Military

to have Martial Law

Maybe they'll subcontract it to the occupation forces

And 'round and 'round we go ...

[DeepModem Mom]

4. That was what I was thinking when I heard story on CNNI -- nt