The Justice Department has asked a judge to throw out a $959 million judgment levied against Iraq for torturing American prisoners of war in 1991 -- arguing that President Bush has recently granted the country sovereign immunity from actions committed by the Saddam Hussein regime. The move on July 21 surprised lawyers representing 17 former U.S. soldiers and their families and threatens at least two other pending civil cases against Iraq.
July 28, 2003 at 12:00 AM
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