U.S. military charges civilian contractor in Iraq

Reuters
Saturday, April 5, 2008

The United States military announced on Saturday it had charged a civilian contractor in Iraq under U.S. military law for the first time.

Alaa Mohammad Ali is accused of stabbing another contractor, the military said in a statement. It did not specify his nationality.

The statement said he was the first contractor charged under an amendment passed by Congress in 2006, which governs military trials for contractors accompanying U.S. troops.

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Ali has been held by U.S. military authorities since February and will face his first pre-trial hearing on April 10. He will be given the same rights as a U.S. service member facing military court, the statement said.

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