Bush Executive Order

[Bluesplayer]

Didn't he sign something before the wars to give immunity to pretty much everyone involved? (I'm not talking about EO 13303.)

The reason I ask is that he was asked at Johns-Hopkins yesterday about what laws governed the behavior of "private military contractors" in Iraq. He claimed not to know....

[FloridaPat]

1. Something about none of the contractors could be sued. Something

like that

[rodeodance]

2. He said he was going to ask Rummy about it.

[madeline_con]

3. Here are some links....

They're a little old, but it's a place to start

"Under an order issued last year, civilian contractors enjoy protection from local criminal prosecution, even for crimes such as murder, torture, and rape."

Monday, May. 10, 2004

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/mariner/20040510.html

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International Law Aspects of the Iraq War
and Occupation

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/attack/lawindex.htm

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CSC/ DynCorp

The world's premier rent-a-cop business runs the security show in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the US-Mexico border. They also run the coca crop-dusting business in Colombia, and occasional sex trafficking sorties in Bosnia. But what can you expect from a bunch of mercenaries?


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