Meanwhile, a federal judge has upheld civilian charges against a former soldier accused in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the killing of her family in 2006. Steven Green faces charges as the accused ringleader in raping and murdering fourteen-year-old Abeer Kassem Hamza al-Janabi and killing her parents and five-year-old sister. Green had challenged a law that allowed the government to indict him on civilian charges for crimes committed while serving in the military. But on Tuesday, District Judge Thomas Russell rejected Green’s petition and said the case can proceed.