In Spain, charges have been dropped against two of three US soldiers accused in the killing of Jose Couso. A Spanish journalist, Couso died when US troops shelled Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel in April 2003. Ukrainian cameraman Taras Protsyuk was also killed in the attack. The Spanish National Court ruling overturns an investigative judge’s decision to reinstate the case two months ago. The judge had cited new evidence contradicting US claims that its forces had come under fire from the Palestine Hotel. One year ago, former Army Sergeant Adrienne Kinne told Democracy Now! she saw the Palestine Hotel on a military target list and said she frequently intercepted calls from journalists staying there.