U.S. wants own citizen tried in Iraq

Associated Press

Government attorneys said Monday that U.S. courts have no authority to stop the military from transferring an American citizen to an Iraqi court to face charges he supported terrorists and insurgents.

It's the latest legal challenge to the Bush administration's authority to keep terrorism cases, even those involving U.S. citizens, out of American courts.

Shawqi Omar, a citizen of both Jordan and the United States who once served in the Minnesota National Guard, was captured in
Iraq in 2004. He is being held at Camp Bucca, a prison in southern Iraq, where his family says he has not been charged or allowed to speak with a lawyer.