Troops face court-martial in Iraq rape case Tue Sep 5, 4:41 AM ET
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers be court martialled over the killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and other family members, which could lead to the death penalty, a lawyer for one of the soldiers confirmed on Tuesday.
Lawyer David Sheldon said the investigator agreed with military prosecutors that his client, Specialist James Barker, and three other soldiers charged with raping the girl and killing her, her 6-year-old sister and their parents at their home in Mahmudiya, be court martialled. The soldiers state it is the American way and the Republican way of doing things.
2006-09-05
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