European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages Blackwater suit headed to arbitration by Mike Baker the associated press a potentially landmark lawsuit with a very Public beginning Tele Vised images of the bodies of Security con tractors mutilated and Strung from a Bridge in Iraq seems destined for a private after years of appeals and Legal Man Euver Security contractor Blackwater Usa has successfully steered a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of the four slain employees into private the move will keep the secretive company away from the Light of a where Many expected to learn details about Blackwater and what critics Call the private army it Fields in Iraq and were spending an awful lot of Money on these and people still cant define their said John a military analyst with think tank in court we May have found that we have private Mili tary companies performing roles that people thought our troops were the Case stems from the deaths of Scott Hel Jerry Wesley Batalona and Michael who were attacked by a Fren Zied mob in March 2004 As they escorted a Supply Convoy through in a Law suit filed the next family members accused Blackwater of failing to provide these purity guards with such appropriate equip ment As armoured vehicles or even a the insurgents burned and mutilated the mens and Strung two from a Bridge Over the euphrates the gruesome caught on camera and broadcast world prompted the military to launch a three week siege of the restive City West of whose attorneys have included former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr and current White House counsel Fred Field argued from the Start the company should not face scrutiny in civilian courts because the contracting Industry is an Extension of the the North Caroli abased company did not find a Friendly Legal venue until when District judge James citing a clause in the employees ruled the Case should leave the Public courtroom for the private world of out of respect for due process of our policy is not to comment on the merits of ongo ing but anyone who supports the Rule of Law should be encouraged to see the written agreement finally being honoured and the dispute heading to arbitration As the Par ties said Blackwater spokeswoman Anne though the families have appealed Fox they will face a daunting task to get the Case Back inside a said Katherine a Urcla Law professor who teaches arbitration and labor to the attorneys must prove there Are problems or fraud involved with the arbitration clause of the slain mens attorneys began the arbitration process Fri Day with a preliminary the proceed and All those that will was held in unlike a civil trial that would have Fea tured Public testimony and an open file of Doc Congress oks More visas for Iraq translators the associated press Washington Congress has agreed to a tenfold increase in special immigrant visas for iraqi and afghan translators and whose work with military personnel and Diplo Matic officials makes them tar gets for terrorist the legislation approved by voice vote in the Senate late thurs Day would authorize the issuing of 500 visas a year Over the next two years to the govern ment now issues 50 visas a year to translators who have worked a year for the theres currently a nine year backlog in acting on those eligible for America has a fundamental obligation to help those Brave iraqis who put their lives on the line by working for our said Edward British Soldier Dies in Afghanistan by Jason Straziuso the associated press Afghanistan an explosion during a fight with Taliban militants killed a British Soldier in Southern Afghanistan on while coalition and afghan forces detained a Taliban com Mander and two suspected Al Aida militants in the officials British troops using mortar and Small arms fire destroyed a Taliban stronghold on the outskirts of Gar sir in Helmand Brit Ains ministry of defense during the opera an explosion killed one Soldier and wounded including three who had to be evacuated by he in the Southern province of seven Tali ban including two local were killed in a joint coalition afghan operation in Gershk District on the Interior ministry the Taliban detained in Nang arhar province by coalition forces and afghan Border to headed a Roadside bomb cell responsible for killing and injuring the coalition said in a the Sayed had extensive connections with other senior Taliban and Al Aida Lead ers in Nang arhar and it he was detained on thursday and was being held in a coalition the detention of Sayed Gulab will Lead to information on Taliban and Al Aida including their operations within Nang arhar and neighbouring said Chris a coalition the two suspected Al Aida militants were seized in a raid saturday in Khost province that also discovered two fragmentation grenades and an antipersonnel the coalition we Are continuing to identify and destroy pock ets of Al Aida 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