http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/update-and-perspectives-on-the-status-of-forces-agreement-449/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-and-perspectives-on-the-status-of-forces-agreement The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/update-and-perspectives-on-the-status-of-forces-agreement-449/#comment-3839 Rex Hodges Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:36:43 +0000 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=449#comment-3839 It will be interesting to see the treatment of Western contractors under Iraqi legal jurisdiction which varies from town to town and tribe to tribe. Possible jail time for unwittingly violating Ramadan fasting by sipping water in public? Western contractors prepare to be subject to unlimited search and detention by local governments (tribal leaders) for the vaguest of suspicions. Oh, and those Miranda rights, right to a phone call, prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment? With all due respect for Iraqi tradition and customs, they do not agree entirely with the U.S. concepts contained in its Constitution and Bill of Rights. It will be interesting to see the treatment of Western contractors under Iraqi legal jurisdiction which varies from town to town and tribe to tribe. Possible jail time for unwittingly violating Ramadan fasting by sipping water in public? Western contractors prepare to be subject to unlimited search and detention by local governments (tribal leaders) for the vaguest of suspicions. Oh, and those Miranda rights, right to a phone call, prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment? With all due respect for Iraqi tradition and customs, they do not agree entirely with the U.S. concepts contained in its Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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