U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic law

Raleigh News Observer by Joseph Neff, Jay Price | Jun. 23, 2008 (News Report)

To defend itself against a lawsuit by the widows of three American soldiers who died on one of its planes in Afghanistan, a sister company of the private military firm Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide the case using the Islamic law known as Shari'a. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 23, 2008 - 2:27 PM PDT
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