US top military official says troops need immunity for continued presence in Iraq

[dixiegrrrrl]

Wow..talk about hubris! Now TROOPS, not just Blackwater types, NEED immunity from murdering civilians.

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said Tuesday that US troops must be granted immunity in order to remain in Iraq beyond the end-of-the-year deadline. It is up to the Iraqi Parliament to decide whether they still need a US presence beyond the deadline, but Mullen stressed that the agreement must contain immunity from prosecution. US troops are scheduled for complete withdrawal by December 31. But granting the immunity is a controversial issue for Iraqi lawmakers, and a debate is scheduled for Tuesday.
Tensions remain from a 2007 shooting incident where as many as 14 Iraqi civilians were allegedly killed by US government contractors working for Blackwater USA now known as Xe Services. The contractors were immune from prosecution in Iraq under the US agreement with the Iraq government. Still, an agreement may be avoided if it is determined that only a small force of trainers are required to remain.

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2011/08/us-top-military-official-says-troops-need-immunity-for-continued-presence-in-iraq.php

What do you think? Will the Iraqi government sell out the people again?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Our war crimes are exceptionally American. Just like when Obama gave a pass to CIA torturers.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. And Pelosi gave a pass to impeachment.

Now we go out and Freedom bomb any country we want with no pretense of declaring war.