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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 9. Juli 2006 / Time Line July 9, 2006
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Russell- Einstein,
appellen mod
kernevåben offentliggøres, 1955.
Litteratur:
Wittner, Lawrence S.: Einstein, Russell, and the Bomb: The 50th
Anniversary.
07/09/2006
Five Soldiers Charged in Iraqi Rape, Murder Case
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2006 - Charges have been preferred against four
U.S. soldiers accused of rape and murder in connection with the
deaths of four Iraqi civilians in March. A fifth soldier has been
accused of dereliction of duty for failing to report the offenses,
U.S. officials announced today.
The five soldiers were charged yesterday in connection with their
alleged participation in the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman
and the murders of three members of her family. The fifth soldier
was charged with dereliction of duty for his failure to report the
rape and murder of these Iraqi civilians, but is not alleged to
have been a direct participant in the rape and killings, officials
said in a statement.
All are charged with conspiring with former Army Pfc. Steven D.
Green to commit these crimes. Green, 21, a former 101st Airborne
Division soldier, was arrested June 30 in connection with the
incident, according to a July 3 announcement by the U.S. Attorneys
Office for the Western District of Kentucky.
Green was deployed from September 2005 to April 2006 and was
discharged from the Army May 16. Army officials declined to
disclose the circumstances of his discharge, citing privacy
protections under the Health Information Privacy Protection
Act.
The preferral of court-marital charges is merely an accusation,
according to today's statement. "Those accused are presumed
innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,"
officials stated.
The next step in the legal process will be an investigation
pursuant to Article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Article 32 investigations are similar to grand jury hearings in
civilian courts.
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