US soldiers investigated in rape, murders in Iraq
By Will Dunham, Reuters
The U.S. military is investigating whether U.S. soldiers raped an Iraqi woman and then killed her and three members of her family, including a child, south of Baghdad in March, officials said on Friday.
It is the latest in a series of military investigations in which U.S. troops are suspected of killing civilians in Iraq.
Army Maj. Gen. James Thurman, the top U.S. commander in the Baghdad area, asked the Army's Criminal Investigation Command to look into the deaths in Mahmudiyah, south of the capital, the military said.
The investigation began last Saturday, one day after two U.S. soldiers reported suspicions about the involvement of other soldiers, the military said in a statement released in Baghdad.
A U.S. Army official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said at least three U.S. soldiers from the 502nd Infantry Regiment were under investigation.
(There is more.)
The U.S. military is investigating whether U.S. soldiers raped an Iraqi woman and then killed her and three members of her family, including a child, south of Baghdad in March, officials said on Friday.
It is the latest in a series of military investigations in which U.S. troops are suspected of killing civilians in Iraq.
Army Maj. Gen. James Thurman, the top U.S. commander in the Baghdad area, asked the Army's Criminal Investigation Command to look into the deaths in Mahmudiyah, south of the capital, the military said.
The investigation began last Saturday, one day after two U.S. soldiers reported suspicions about the involvement of other soldiers, the military said in a statement released in Baghdad.
A U.S. Army official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said at least three U.S. soldiers from the 502nd Infantry Regiment were under investigation.
(There is more.)
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