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11 US Soldiers Face Trials for Iraq Murders

HeadlineOct 19, 2006

In other Iraq news, the Pentagon announced Wednesday it will try eleven soldiers in three separate cases involving the deaths of Iraqi civilians. Four soldiers will be tried for the rape and murder of fourteen-year old Iraqi teenager Abeer Qasim Hamza and the killing of her parents and younger sister at their home in Mahmudiyah. The soldiers names are Sergeant Paul Cortez, Specialist James Barker and Privates First Class Jesse Spielman and Bryan Howard. According to investigators, Spec. Barker testified he held Abeer Qasim Hamza down while Cortez raped her. Barker also said he tried to rape her before she was shot by former soldier Stephen Green. Green will be tried in civilian court. Trials were also ordered Wednesday for the murder of Iraqis in Tikrit and Hamdaniyah.

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