THE failed prosecution of five private US security guards accused of murdering innocent Iraqi civilians was dismissed as a farce by angry relatives yesterday.

The failed prosecution of five private US security guards accused of murdering innocent Iraqi civilians was dismissed as a farce by angry relatives today.

The US government wants an Iraqi court to handle criminal charges against a naturalised American citizen who is being held in Iraq on suspicion that he is linked to insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.