In other news, former US soldier Steven Green pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he raped an Iraqi girl and murdered her and her family in March. Others charged in the case have testified Green herded the girl — Abeer Kassem Hamza al-Janabi — her mother, father, and five-year old sister into a room and shot them dead with an AK-47 rifle. Green and another soldier then raped Abeer, shot her, and set her body on fire in an apparent effort to cover up the crime. Green was discharged from the military in May and is being prosecuted in civilian court. Four other soldiers are being tried in military court.