Congress wants prosecution for assaults (sexual assaults against civilians in Iraq)

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Source: Associated Press

Congress wants prosecution for assaults
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has not prosecuted any cases involving sexual assaults against civilians who work for contractors in Iraq or Afghanistan, despite a law giving it that authority, according to written testimony submitted to a Senate subcommittee.

The department has taken action in 12 cases under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act and five of those involved sex crimes, according to Sigal P. Mandelker, deputy attorney general of the Justice Department's criminal division. Her comments came in prepared testimony obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

In the five sex cases, four were successful convictions.

The convictions were for sexual abuse of a minor by a Defense Department civilian employee in Japan; child pornography crimes by DoD contractors in Iraq and Qatar and abusive sexual contact by a Pentagon contractor against a soldier in Iraq.

An indictment has been delivered in the fifth case, but Mandelker in her testimony did not provide details on that case, citing privacy, confidentiality and court-ordered restrictions.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_contractors_assault

[stratomagi]

1. Has anyone else noticed the writers last name is GAMBOA

which coincidentally rearranged spells GOBAMA!

Otherwise, good article.

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2. so who do we get to arrest the entire Justice Department?

that bunch of assholes should be sent to war crimes trials along with Bush.