Still no Oversight or Accountability for Contractors in Iraq
Aug
01
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Another must-read, by Jeremy Scahill from today’s U.K. Guardian, “A very private war.”
Four years into the occupation, there is absolutely no effective system of oversight or accountability governing contractors and their operations. They have not been subjected to military justice, and only two cases have ever reached US civilian courts, under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction [...]
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