A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit filed by four former inmates of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, who say they were tortured by civilian military contractors.

The lawsuit, which has now been bounced between courts for eight years, had most recently been tossed out after a judge ruled the allegations could not be litigated in the judicial system. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee reasoned that the lawsuit would improperly require second-guessing military leaders in a war zone, making it a "political question" that is off limits for the judiciary. ...

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