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July 22nd,
2008 - 4 US Soldiers Charged in Detainee Deaths in Iraq |
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4 US Soldiers Charged in
Detainee Deaths in Iraq By Associated Press July 22, 2008 Berlin - Four soldiers have
been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of detainees in
Iraq in 2007, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Jess Cunningham,
Sgt. Charles Quigley, Spc. Stephen Ribordy and Spc. Belmor Ramos of the 172nd
Infantry Brigade were charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice,
said Lt. Col. Eric Bloom, spokesman for the Army Joint Multinational Training
Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany. The men's hometowns were not given. Their case now has to be reviewed
to determine whether it should be referred to a court-martial, Bloom said. No
date has yet been set for a hearing. In a statement, the Army
said the charges "relate to an incident that occurred during April-May
2007 in Baghdad, Iraq." The statement gave no
further details but, in an earlier release, the Army had said the allegations
related to "the deaths of several detainees who were captured as part of
combat operations last year." That statement, released in
January, said that "preliminary findings indicate the deceased detainees
were not persons detained in a detention facility." Bloom said he could not give
any details beyond the official releases. © 2008 The Associated Press External link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5900976.html |