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2007-04-07 Iraq

US refuses to intervene in Iraqi death sentence

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "A three-judge panel said it is unable to step into the case because Muhammad Munaf was convicted by an Iraqi criminal court..."
...and he's got a funny name.

Posted by Skidmark 2007-04-07 00:34|| 2007-04-07 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 If this is the same case, it was an absolutely unbelievable combo of staged kidnappings leading to an actual abduction leading to all kinds of trouble, a grim version of a 1960s comic movie featuring all the great comic actors of that era, with an unfunny ending. I remember a US official recounting the story to a rapt mixed audience including senior embassy folks and the CO of detainee ops.

Or perhaps it's another case ....

Posted by Verlaine 2007-04-07 01:20|| 2007-04-07 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Kind of a good case in a sick way though, b/c we don't want them US courts exercising jurisdiction over what our military does oversees.

Posted by covertfloridian 2007-04-07 01:29|| 2007-04-07 01:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Also, this is a message (though one that will be totally ignored) to other nations: "We don't meddle in what your courts do, so don't try to meddle in ours..."

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-04-07 08:41|| 2007-04-07 08:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Why would we want to intervene? He's convicted of kidnapping (journalists, but the good kind), he got the death sentence, and his name is Muhammed.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-07 09:53|| 2007-04-07 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 hmmm, too bad he's not an illegal so the Mexican government could try to get him back since they don't believe in the death penalty.

Just sayin'

Posted by Jan from work 2007-04-07 11:48|| 2007-04-07 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Covertfloridian,
The US courts do retain jurisdiction over the US military.
It's Muhammed Munaf, not the US military, that is charged with an offense in this case.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-04-07 11:52|| 2007-04-07 11:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Muhammed Munaf, (wipes tear from face), we hardly knew ye.

Posted by wxjames 2007-04-07 13:07|| 2007-04-07 13:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Just reading the perp's name zeroed out my sympathy meter on the spot.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-07 13:22|| 2007-04-07 13:22|| Front Page Top

#10 how do the reg courts of the US retain rights over te military courts? if they do what is the point of milktary courts?

Posted by Kojo Crack8514 2007-04-07 20:05|| 2007-04-07 20:05|| Front Page Top

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