Iraqi lawmakers approve $400M payment to Americans

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Associated Press
Publication Date: 
Sat, 2011-04-30 19:40

Abbas Al-Bayati from the State of Law coalition and Hakim Al-Zamili from the Sadrist coalition say lawmakers approved the controversial settlement Saturday.
Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s Cabinet approved the compensation plan in September after Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement to end years of legal battles by US citizens who claim to have been tortured or traumatized during Saddam’s 1990 invasion of neighboring Kuwait.
But many Iraqis consider themselves victims

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