U.S. calls Iraqi rape-murder 'inexcusable'
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America&#039;s two top officials in Iraq on Thursday sought to calm Iraqi anger over allegations that U.S. soldiers were involved in the rape-murder of a girl, promising an open investigation and calling such acts &quot;absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.&quot;
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The U.S. military on Wednesday weighed into the politically explosive case of a Sunni woman allegedly raped last weekend by three Iraqi policemen, announcing its own investigation after the Shiite-run government dismissed her allegations as false.
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Japan's prime minister describes the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US marine as "unforgivable".
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The apparent killing of a wounded Iraqi in Fallujah prompts some fiery anti-US editorials .
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq and the American ambassador expressed condolences Thursday to the family of the victims of an alleged rape-slaying attack against an Iraqi family by U.S. forces.
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A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow employee while working for a U.S. contractor in Iraq told House lawmakers Wednesday that her case is far from unique.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (08/12/04) - A former US Marine has testified before a Canadian asylum tribunal that his unit had killed more than 30 innocent Iraqi civilians in only two days, news agencies reported.
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Three American soldiers were charged   with premeditated murder after being accused of shooting three   detainees north of Baghdad on May 9 and then threatening to   kill a fellow soldier if he told the truth about the incident,   the U.S. military said on Monday.
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Islamic militants beheaded a US citizen in Iraq, while the lives of his two British and American colleagues were in grave danger after a 48-hour deadline to save them expired.
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Investigators believe a group of U.S. soldiers suspected of raping an Iraqi woman, then killing her and three members of her family plotted the attack for nearly a week, a U.S. military official said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD -- An insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for a series of hostage-takings threatened yesterday to execute two Americans and a Briton who were kidnapped Thursday unless the United States frees female Iraqi prisoners, the Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported.
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Two US soldiers in Iraq have been charged with murder for the deaths of three Iraqis. Military officials are saying little about what they call an ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the case.
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Senior Japanese officials expressed anger Tuesday after the arrest of a U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, with the prime minister calling the situation "unforgivable."
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MOSUL, Iraq -- A second Iraqi woman emerged yesterday leveling charges of rape against Iraqi security forces, breaking a taboo here about disclosing sexual violence and further undermining public perceptions about the security forces.
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U.S. Marines could face criminal   charges, including murder, over the deaths of up to two dozen   Iraqi civilians last year, a defense official said on Friday.
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A U.S. Army investigator has   recommended that four soldiers be court martialled over the   killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and other family members,   which could lead to the death penalty, a lawyer for one of the   soldiers confirmed on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 1  - The United States on Monday condemned the beheading of a Japanese tourist by militants in Iraq as a &quot;heinous crime&quot; and hailed Tokyo&#39;s rejection of terrorist demands to withdraw troops from the insurgency-wracked nation.