"We're not in a situation where we can have an Iraqi court," he added.

Roughly 3,000 have been charged and tried in the Iraqi court.

And the independence of the Iraqi courts might not survive that conflict.

About 1,300 have been turned over to the Iraqi criminal courts to prosecute.

His mission was to help the local Iraqi courts carry out some semblance of justice.

But how can it explain the absence of an Iraqi court to deal with the affairs of its citizens?

But Iraqi courts have no power to prosecute the soldiers.

He was the first contractor to be tried in Iraqi courts.

It typically takes three to six months for custody to be decided through the Iraqi courts.

But before the board could hold a hearing his case was transferred to the authority of the Iraqi central criminal court.