Quote Originally Posted by Stealth694 View Post
If you can guarantee an impartial trial, but an impartial Iraqi court? FORGET IT!
This incident is one of the things that made Iraq a Cluster F--k war.
Nobody knows who is an ally and who is an enemy, and everyone is changing sides daily.
Did anyone check and see if a member of that family was affiliated with insurgents?
No with a govt as corrupt, and fragmented as Iraq it would be best if we kept to the UCMJ ( Uniform Code of Military Justice )
but also allow lawyers from Iraq and other countries to sit in and monitor the trial to make sure justice is done.
I think that whatever way you want to look at this it will be wrong in the eyes of the other party. Unless the cases are tried by an impartial judge you will never get a satisfactory trial. There are very few international countries that like the UK or their forces, and there are even less that like the Americans. Court Martials are the order of the day with the agrieved parties representative sitting in to give their side. I am not in favour of justice and justice seen to be done. Its a little to much like kissing the ass of the person that is trying to kick yours.

Be well IAN 2411