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December 12th,
2008 - Arraignment Set in Fallujah POW Slayings |
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Arraignment Set in Fallujah
POW Slayings From United Press International December 12, 2008 Camp Pendleton, Calif. - A
U.S. Marine will be arraigned next week on a murder charge in connection with
the death of prisoners during the battle for Fallujah, the Corps announced. Sgt. Jermaine Nelson will
appear Monday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to enter a plea to charges of
dereliction of duty and unpremeditated murder in the slayings that occurred
Nov. 9, 2004, as Marines and insurgents battled in the Iraqi city. The Marine Corps said in a
written statement that the charges were based on evidence developed during an
investigation and a military hearing last spring. Nelson was charged in August
with taking part in an incident in which he and two members of his squad
allegedly shot four unarmed prisoners. The case has centered on an
uncertainty over whom, if anyone, gave an order to kill prisoners amid the
heat of battle. One of the other Marines
charged with taking part in the shooting, Jose Luis Nazario, was acquitted in
a civilian court earlier this year. Copyright 2008 by United
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