Military won’t charge US contractors detained after alleged shootings in I

[Judi Lynn]

Military won’t charge US contractors detained after alleged shootings in Iraq
(AP)

29 March 2006

RENO, Nevada - The US military will not charge 16 American security contractors who were held by Marines in Iraq last summer for allegedly shooting at civilians and US forces, a Navy spokesman said.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service closed its criminal investigation “for lack of prosecutive merit,” NCIS spokesman Ed Buice said Tuesday in Washington. “There is not enough to go forward to seek charges.”

The contractors were detained for three days in May because they were suspected of firing on Iraqi civilians’ cars and US forces in Fallujah, the Marines said at the time.

The security guards, who worked for Zapata Engineering based in Charlotte, North Carolina, denied firing any shots.
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On edit: Sorry the link was goofy. It should work now. Thanks.

O.K. That doesn't work. How about this? I put the headline in google news and you can reach it from there. I almost guarantee it! It worked for me a moment ago:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Military+won%E2%80%99t+charge+US+contractors+detained+after+alleged+shootings+in+Iraq&btnG=Search+News

[babylonsister]

1. I can't get that link to work, but might be Firefox blocking it. ? nt

[0007]

2. I use firefox, I can get the site to come up but nothing to read.

[EST]

3. Thus?

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8'

Object required: 'sn'

/DisplayArticle.asp, line 109

[Judi Lynn]

4. babylonsister, 0007, EST. I've correct the link, I hope.

Sorry for the hold-up.

[babylonsister]

5. Nope, still don't get/see the text. But thank you for trying. nt

[Judi Lynn]

6. No, seriously. This NEW link should work!

It's the link to google news, where the article is linked and it works from THAT link! I'm not kidding!

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Military+won%E2%80%99t+charge+US+contractors+detained+after+alleged+shootings+in+Iraq&btnG=Search+News