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The War Profiteers - War Crimes,
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August 17th,
2008 - US Soldier Hearing to Start Sept 5 for Iraqi Detainee Murder |
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US Soldier Hearing
to Start Sept 5 for Iraqi Detainee Murder By Agence France Presse August 17, 2008 Baghdad - The first hearing
of a US soldier charged with the murder of an Iraqi detainee is to take place
on September 5 at a base near executed president Saddam Hussein's hometown of
Tikrit, the US military said on Saturday. Staff Sergeant Hal Warner,
whose pre-trial hearing was to take place on August 15, has been charged with
pre-meditated murder, accessory after the fact, assault, making a false
official statement and obstruction of justice, it said. Warner's D Company, 1st
Battalion is based near the northern oil refinery town of Baiji. "The charges followed a
criminal investigation into the death of Ali Mansur Mohammed, a detainee
initially believed to have been released by coalition forces on or about May
16, 2008," the military said in a statement. External link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-ye6oDn8ePefAl8Z3ZOfavTGsIw |