Abeer's "alleged" killers returned to USA(Hadeel, Qassim, & Fakhriya too)

[uppityperson]

I have not been on DU much recently, might have missed this. Edited to change subject line because they have not been tried/convicted yet.

http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=157723

Soldiers charged in separate murders in Iraq returned to U.S.
By Associated Press
Friday, September 15, 2006 - Updated: 04:00 PM EST

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky - Eight soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division who have been charged with murdering Iraqis in two separate incidents have been returned to the United States to await a decision on whether they will be court martialed, an official said Friday.

Four soldiers charged with raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager and slaying her family returned on Monday and are being held in pretrial confinement away from Fort Campbell, base spokeswoman Kelly Tyler said. A fifth soldier charged with not reporting the attack has been restricted to the base, she said.

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A U.S. Army investigator has recommended courts martials for Spc. James P. Barker, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard in the March 12 rape-murder, and they could face the death penalty if convicted.

The four soldiers, all assigned to the division’s 502nd Infantry Regiment, are charged with raping 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi in her family’s home in Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, then killing her along with her parents and her younger sister. Military prosecutors say the four set the teenager’s body on fire in order to hide their crime. Another soldier, Sgt. Anthony W. Yribe, is accused of failing to report the attack but is not alleged to have been a direct participant...(more@link, including info about Samarra incident)

[brentspeak]

1. Consider changing your headline

"Killers": they've been charged as such. If they're convicted, then it would be appropriate.

[uppityperson]

2. You are right, changed to reflect that. Thanks.