Iraqis sue US under our own 9/11 "Sue the Saudis" law

In the "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" department, honesty compels admission that President Obama's recent veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) was correct. Congress then overrode the veto and the bill became law anyway.

In his veto statement, Obama said in part,

Second, JASTA would upset longstanding international principles regarding sovereign immunity, putting in place rules that, if applied globally, could have serious implications for U.S. national interests. The United States has a larger international presence, by far, than any other country, and sovereign immunity principles protect our Nation and its Armed Forces, officials, and assistance professionals, from foreign court proceedings. These principles also protect U.S. Government assets from attempted seizure by private litigants abroad. Removing sovereign immunity in U.S. courts from foreign governments that are not designated as state sponsors of terrorism, based solely on allegations that such foreign governments' actions abroad had a connection to terrorism-related injuries on U.S. soil, threatens to undermine these longstanding principles that protect the United States, our forces, and our personnel.

Which is exactly correct. And it didn't take long for this prediction to be fulfilled:

An Iraqi lobbyist group, citing the recently enacted law that allows Americans to sue Saudi Arabia over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. homeland, is reportedly urging its government to ask the United States for compensation over alleged violations by the American military following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In light of the newly enacted law in the United States, Arab Project in Iraq, a lobbyist group, is urging the Iraqi government to conduct a “full-fledged investigation over the killing of civilians targets [sic], loss of properties and individuals who suffered torture and other mistreatment on the hand of US forces,” reports Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya. ...

Al Arabiya reports:

While many states have criticized JASTA for its potential of eroding the principle of sovereign immunity and changing international law, the lobbyist group Arab Project in Iraq sees their opportunity to ask for compensation from the United States over violations by the US forces following US invasion that saw the toppling of late President Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Citing how the Congress has given US civilians the opportunity to get compensation from “individuals” and “foreign nations” over their terrorist act in the United States, the group said Iraqis deserved the same treatment.

Let it be noted that JASTA is a true bipartisan screwup. The House vote to override the veto was  348-77 and in the Senate it was 97-1.