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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 5. September 2009 / Timeline September 5, 2009
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09/05/2009
Kvindefredslejren ved Greenham Common grundlægges, 1981.
09/05/2009
Ex-Soldier Gets 5 Life Terms in Slaying of Iraqi Family, Rape of
Teen Girl
By Brett Barrouquere
Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky., Sept. 4 -- A former soldier convicted in the rape
and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her
family members was sentenced Friday to five consecutive life
sentences.
Barring a successful appeal or presidential pardon, Steven Dale
Green, 24, of Midland, Tex., will not be eligible for release
from prison.
Green shot and killed the teen's mother, father and sister, then
became the third soldier to rape her before shooting her in the
face. Her body was set on fire March 12, 2006, at their rural
home outside Mahmoudiya, Iraq, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.
A civilian jury in western Kentucky convicted Green in May of
raping Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and of multiple counts of murder.
The panel couldn't reach an unanimous decision about whether
Green should get a death sentence, automatically making Green's
sentence life in prison.
Green told the judge he merely followed orders from other
soldiers involved in the attack.
"You can act like I'm a sociopath. You can act like I'm a sex
offender or whatever," Green said. "If I had not joined the Army,
if I had not gone to Iraq, I would not have got caught up in
anything."
Four other soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division based at
Fort Campbell, Ky., were investigated after the killings. Three
who went to the family's home, along with Green, received lengthy
sentences up to 110 years but will become eligible for parole in
seven years. Another who had a lesser role was released from
military prison after serving 27 months.
All except Green were charged under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice and faced a military trial, known as a court martial.
Green was the first person charged under the Military
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, a law passed in 2000 that
allows U.S. authorities to prosecute former military personnel,
contractors and others for crimes committed overseas.
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