U.S. soldiers attached to the Golden Lions forces patrol a street in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad July 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Saad Shalash
Pentagon Won’t Say Military Advisers In Iraq Will Be Granted Immunity Against Prosecution -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said Monday that the U.S. military advisers headed to Iraq to try to shore up the embattled central government there will be protected against potential criminal prosecution for their actions in the war-torn country.
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, responded to days of questions from reporters asking whether the Iraqi government had granted a blanket immunity to the up to 300 military advisers President Barack Obama dispatched last week.
“I can confirm for you that Iraq has provided acceptable assurances on the issue of protections for those personnel via the exchange of diplomatic note,” Kirby said in a statement.
Kirby, however, stopped short of using the word “immunity” to describe the scope of the protections.
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