# US military personnel and Iraqi Law

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-personnel-and-iraqi-law/359195>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-personnel-and-iraqi-law/359195 "2006-06-02T20:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jebus\_H.Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Jebus\_H.Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus_H.Christ)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-personnel-and-iraqi-law/359195/1 "2006-06-02T20:38:55Z")

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Are US military personnel in Iraq subject to Iraqi law? Could the Marines involved in the Haditha incident be tried in an Iraqi court?

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**Author:** ![Jebus\_H.Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Jebus\_H.Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus_H.Christ)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-personnel-and-iraqi-law/359195/2 "2006-06-04T18:41:55Z")

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Bumping

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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-personnel-and-iraqi-law/359195/3 "2006-06-04T19:20:52Z")

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See this thread.

> **[Can US soldiers be tried in Iraqi courts?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374267)**
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> Does the US have an agreement with the Iraqi government protecting military personal from prosection in Iraqi courts? What about civilians? And do all embassy staff have diplomatic imunity?