Still missing the legal picture. Was she on a military base? Is there no legal authority for civilians there? How about MPs? Or was she in Iraq outside of US military authority? Obviously there were no criminal charges filed. Is it because they were under Iraq legal authority?
Sounds like Deadwood, that outlaw mining town of the 1800s officially owned by American Indians.
“Since the handover of sovereignty to Iraqis, many of the facilities in the Green Zone have been turned over to the new Iraqi government. It is still a base for western private military contractors, and home to the U.S., British and Australian embassies. The permanent U.S. embassy is located in the southern Green Zone, overlooking the Tigris River.”
“On 1 January 2009, full control of the Green Zone was handed back to Iraqi security forces.[10]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_zone