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Gulf War POWs can't get satisfaction.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-FEB-04
Format: Online - approximately 674 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Gulf War POWs can't get satisfaction.(prisoners of war from Gulf War await funds from settlement won against Iraqi government)

Article Excerpt
Former prisoners of war from tire 1991-1992 Gulf War are awaiting funds from a legal settlement they won against the government of Iraq but have found their efforts blocked--by their own government.

The lawsuit was filed in April 2002 by 17 former POWs and their families under an amendment to the Foreign Services Immunity Act that allows civil suits against foreign countries for illegal war acts, including torture. The plaintiffs argued that as POWs during the Gulf War, they endured extensive physical and mental abuse, and that their experiences led to lifelong physical and emotional disabilities for themselves and their...

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