On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 22:41 +0100, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 10:27pm on Friday, August 10, 2007 (UK time), James Kosin scrawled: > > > The US Armed forces is an exception. As such the armed forces fall > > under U.S. jurisdictional law and not foreign law. Especially in > > times of WAR; which we are currently in. > > > > Even when we occupy any foreign country, be it willingly or un-willingly. > > > > In some circumstances, the U.S. does have the right to waive those > > laws... ie: if a soldier is caught selling drugs in some countries he > > can be tried by the laws of that country. > > Yes but what I meant was that if a US serviceman took a Fedora laptop to > Iraq, he would be breaking US laws (i.e. export controls) not that he > would be breaking Iraqi laws. > The bases themselves are extensions of the US, much like embassy's, although under a different umbrella, so if he stayed on base, no violation. If he lived on the local economy (as many do), then the violation would depend a great deal on the status of forces agreements and the rules of the base. Regards, Les H
