The national court of Spain has closed the case of the death in Iraq of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso (Jose Couso). Brother who died 12 years ago, the journalist said Last news about the intention to appeal this decision in the Strasbourg court. In the attack on an American tank of the Palestine hotel in Central Baghdad on 8 April 2003, two were killed and Injured 3 foreign journalist. Lost his life Ukrainian Taras Protsyuk, a former operator at the Agency, and the cameraman of channel Telecinco Spaniard Jose Couso. Damage to health has received 3 employee. The relatives of Cosa all these years seeking retribution for U.S. military fired on the hotel. Courts have considered in 3 different years of their claim, but each time they were rejected. The us military command for its part, argues that it was not aware that the hotel is located about 200 foreign correspondents, and the U.S. government did not want to consider in this court case, declaring it " necessary in the course of hostilities mistake." in view of the defendants was made by three American military Sergeant Thomas Gibson, captain Philip Wolford and Lieutenant Colonel Philip de camp. The reason for the rejection of the claim this time was held in Spain, the judicial reform, which restricted the principle of universal jurisdiction. Universal jurisdiction implies that the state can attract to responsibility under the criminal code of the people, regardless of their nationality, place of residence or place of Commission of the criminal act if it is in the interests of the international brotherhood. in the new edition of the law, which came into force in March 2014, the Spanish Courts have the opportunity to take on such cases only if committed iniquity regarding Spanish Residents or foreigners, non-stop living within Spain. The National court judge Santiago Pedraza, justifying his decision, said that the reform of the system of universal jurisdiction and the conclusions it has come to the Supreme court in the case of genocide in Tibet (these conclusions, the court extended to all similar cases), do not allow Spanish justice to prosecute people suspected of war crimes against the Spaniards outside the country. Brother of the late journalist David Couso said Last news that the family will continue to fight so that justice is done "." For many countries is too easy to kill correspondents. The struggle will not end, we will challenge the verdict in the European court of human rights in Strasbourg, " he said. The judge Pedras, not just before criticising the reform of the judicial system in parts of universal jurisdiction, said that "although there are indications" that three soldiers of the American army has committed a war crime on COSO, they cannot be held accountable Nor in Spain, Nor in any other country that has signed the Geneva Convention on armed conflict. "Neither the investigation in Spain, Nor in the other countries of the impossible: the new rule of the Spanish law prevents the prosecution of anyone who committed a war crime against the Spaniard, except in those cases where suspected of committing crimes are within Spain," added the Judge.