Hearing on Iraq detainee death case postponed

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Hearing on Iraq detainee death case postponed
By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Article 32 hearing for one of two U.S. soldiers charged with killing a detainee near Beiji, Iraq, has been postponed until Sept. 5, military officials said.

Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner was originally to face the hearing last week. Warner and 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna, both members of Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, based in Fort Campbell, Ky., face charges of premeditated murder, accessory after the fact, assault, making a false official statement and obstruction of justice.

Few details have been released in the case, though the military said that "the charges followed a criminal investigation into the death of Ali Mansur Mohamed, a detainee initially believed to have been released by Coalition Forces on or about May 16, 2008."

The military has said that Behenna was accused of using a pistol to shoot Mohamed at or near Forward Operating Base Summerall.

Warner’s hearing will be held at the large U.S. base near the city of Tikrit. A hearing date has not yet been set for Behenna, officials said. The pair were originally charged in July.


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