IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIER GETS 90 YEARS FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 17 Nov. (AKI) - An American soldier accused of raping a 14 year old girl in Iraq before killing her and her family has been sentenced to 90 years in jail by a US military court at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Specialist James Barker will be eligible for parole under a plea deal that spared him the death penalty. The examplary sentence handed down late on Thursday for the rape and murders at Mahmoudiya may also be reviewed by higher military authorities. Along with the killing of 24 people in Haditha, the incident has provoked outrage and calls for a review of foreign troops' immunity from prosecution in Iraq.
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Friday, November 17, 2006
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