International Legal News - Middle East

Iraq / United States

Prosecutors Mounting New Case Against Blackwater Security Guards

The National Law Journal

Prosecutors told a judge at a Thursday hearing that the government is moving forward with a new criminal case against a group of former private security guards who were first charged in 2008 with manslaughter for their alleged roles in a shooting in Iraq that left more than a dozen civilians dead.

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Jordan / United States

Second Circuit Ruling Sustains Sanction Against Arab Bank

New York Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused on Friday to overturn sanctions against Jordan-based Arab Bank, which is being sued by thousands of plaintiffs for allegedly providing services to terrorist groups and handling accounts that those groups used to pay the families of suicide bombers.

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Egypt

Egyptian Panel Implicates Mubarak, Military in Protesters' Deaths

The Associated Press

An Egyptian fact-finding mission has determined that Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed at his palace, despite his later denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown against them.

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Iraq / United States

Justice Department, Defense Lawyers Quarrel Over Blackwater Defendant's Status

The National Law Journal

Defense lawyers for a former Blackwater private security guard, once charged with manslaughter in a D.C. court following a Baghdad shooting that left more than a dozen civilians dead, are fighting the government's assertion that he is still a defendant in the now-revived case.

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Egypt

Charter Enshrining Shariah at Core of Egypt Crisis

The Associated Press

Egypt's draft constitution, which would empower Islamists to carry out the strictest and most widespread implementation of Islamic law that modern Egypt has seen, is at the center of worsening political turmoil in the country.

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