U.S. military fears outcome of rape trial
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U.S. military officials fear that religious hurdles in exhuming the body of a teenager could complicate the prosecution of American soldiers accused of raping and murdering the girl &amp;#151; and create a political nightmare for the U.S. mission here.
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Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.
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A judge may throw out criminal  charges against a U.S. Marine accused of killing an Iraqi  prisoner in an American-run jail near Nasiriayah because of  problems with the evidence, a Marine Corps spokesman at Camp  Pendleton in California said on Friday.
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With the end of the last court-martial linked to prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail, the Pentagon says it is confident justice has been done but rights groups see a failure to hold leaders accountable.
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WASHINGTONWith the latest investigation into the military prison scandal in Iraq expected to be released soon, one of the key officers involved at the time said yesterday she&#39;s concerned the probe will not adequately examine decisions made by officers ...
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A U.S. soldier photographed holding a  naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash will face court-martial on 19  charges that include sexually abusing and assaulting detainees  at the Abu Ghraib prison, the Army said on Monday.
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Four US Marines on trial in the Philippines over the alleged rape of a local woman refused to submit blood samples that prosecutors claim would link at least one of them to the crime.
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MANNHEIM, Germany  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal wants his pending court  martial to be moved from Baghdad as he believes he has no  chance of a fair trial there, his lawyers said on Monday.
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Four U.S. Marines based in southwest Japan have been charged with raping a Japanese woman last October, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, days after the arrest of another Marine for suspected rape of a schoolgirl on the southern island of Okinawa.
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A military judge ruled Monday that statements by President Bush and military leaders about alleged Abu Ghraib abuses do not appear specific enough to taint the jury pool for next month's trial of a reputed ringleader in the case.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 27  - A military policewoman photographed holding a naked prisoner by a leash at Iraq&#39;s Abu Ghrabi prison was ordered Monday to face trial by court martial on charges of conspiracy to mistreat prisonrs, assault and indecent acts.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California  - Lawyers for two U.S.   Marines accused of murdering an Iraqi civilian expressed   concern on Wednesday over their clients' ability to get a fair   trial and one criticized a pretrial hearing as a   "rubber-stamping process."
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A woman soldier accused of abusing soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is to face a court martial in January, the US army has said.
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Justice Department attorneys will pursue the death penalty against a former U.S. Army soldier accused of raping and killing an Iraqi teenager and slaying her family members last year, according to papers filed yesterday in federal court. It could be the first capital case to proceed against a U.S....
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A former U.S. Army private charged with taking part in the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family should be sentenced to die if he is found guilty, U.S. government prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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A former U.S. soldier charged with taking part in the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family should be sentenced to die if a court finds him guilty, U.S. government prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Three U.S. Marines will go on trial   on murder charges without the possibility of the death penalty   in the April shooting death of an Iraqi man in Hamdania, the   U.S. military said on Monday.