Three more US troops charged with Iraqi murder

10 Jul, 2006

Three US soldiers were charged with the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and killing her family, bringing to four the number of Americans accused of the four deaths in March, the US military said on Sunday.
A fourth soldier was charged on Saturday with dereliction of duty for failing to report the case. Last week a fifth soldier, now discharged, was charged with rape and murder in a US civilian court over the killiings at Mahmudiya, near Baghdad.

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