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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 07:47 PM
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Judge: contractor can face Iraqi torture suit

Judge: contractor can face Iraqi torture suit

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraqi torture victims and their relatives can proceed with a lawsuit against a defense contractor that provided interrogators to the

The lawsuit was filed in 2004 on behalf of Iraqi nationals who say they or their relatives had been tortured or mistreated while detained by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq.

The plaintiffs sued CACI International Inc, which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s Titan unit, which provided interpreters to the U.S. military in Iraq.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson dismissed the claims against Titan because the translators performed their duties under the direct command and under the exclusive operational control of military personnel.

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1. Good news, humanity demands it be allowed.
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