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July 23rd,
2008 - Four US Soldiers Charged with Conspiracy to Murder Iraqis |
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Four US Soldiers Charged with
Conspiracy to Murder Iraqis By Agence France Presse July 23, 2008 Washington - Four US
soldiers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection
with the deaths of several detainees in Iraq in early 2007, the US Army said
Wednesday. The soldiers were charged in
Grafenwoehr, Germany where they are currently serving in the 172nd Infantry
Brigade, the army said in a statement. "The soldiers were
charged with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder," the statement
said. "The charges relate to
an incident that occurred during April/May 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, while the
soldiers were serving in the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry (Regiment),"
it said. The statement provided no
details on the incident, and army public affairs officers refused to
elaborate on what the soldiers were accused of doing. But a spokesman for the US
Army in Europe referred reporters to a separate army statement in January
2008 that said the army was investigating the deaths of several detainees
captured during combat operations in 2007 by members of the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The soldiers charged - Staff
Sergeant Jess Cunningham, Sergeant Charles Quigley, Specialist Stephen
Ribordy, and Specialist Belmor Ramos - were from a mechanized infantry unit
that belonged to the 1st Infantry Division. Copyright © 2008 AFP. External link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFiDB0wXxrNjEqJO-leoJj6ozUIw |