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US Soldiers Charged in Killing of Iraqi Prisoners

HeadlineSep 18, 2008

In other Iraq news, three US troops have been charged in the killing of four Iraqi prisoners. Two of the soldiers have reportedly admitted to shooting the handcuffed and blindfolded prisoners and moving their bodies into a Baghdad canal. Another four soldiers face charges for conspiracy to commit premeditated murder. The shootings took place around April of last year.

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