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3 Brit Soldiers Cleared in Iraqi Death
COLCHESTER, England (AP) - A military court Tuesday cleared three British soldiers of killing an Iraqi teenager who drowned after allegedly being forced into a canal. Sgt. Carle Selman, 39, Guardsman Joseph McCleary, 24, and Guardsman Martin McGing, 22, were cleared of manslaughter charges in the death of 15-year-old Ahmad Jabbar Kareem, who drowned in the Shatt al-Basra canal in Basra in May 2003.Last month, Vice Judge Advocate General Michael Hunter ordered a fourth soldier, Lance Cpl. James Cooke, 22, be found not guilty of manslaughter. He did not give a reason for his ruling. Prosecutors alleged the teenager and three other suspected looters were put into the water to "teach them a lesson." Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-07 |
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