U.S. soldiers tried for killing Iraqis

    WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Xinhua) -- The majority of U.S. soldiers charged with the unlawful deaths of Iraqi civilians have been acquitted, found guilty of relatively minor offenses or given administrative punishments without trial, a news report said on Monday.

    Experts estimate that thousands of Iraqi civilians have died at the hands of the U.S. forces, but only 39 service members have been formally accused of offenses in connection with the deaths of 20 Iraqis from 2003 to early this year, The Washington Post reported. Full story>>

    U.S. court begins hearing on Iraqi rape case

    BAGHDAD, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military court convened in Baghdad on Sunday to decide whether four U.S. soldiers will face a court-martial over an alleged rape and murder of an Iraqi girl.

    The hearing, at which officers will decide whether there is enough evidence to bring the soldiers to court-martial, will hear allegations that four soldiers conspired with a fifth to carry out the rape and killing.

    4 more US soldiers charged with rape, murder in Iraq

Citizenship identification cards issued by the Iraqi government shows Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi in 1993 with a date of birth of August 19, 1991, as translated from the identity card. Four more U.S. soldiers were charged with the rape and murder of the teenager and killed her and three relatives at her home south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    BAGHDAD, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Four U.S. soldiers were charged with the rape and murder of an Iraqi woman and the killing of her three family members, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

    Earlier, the U.S. military said that three were charged with rape and murder, but later corrected the number into four. Full story>>

    Report: Ex-US soldier charged in rape case has personality disorder

File photo of Steven Green, 21, the former US Army soldier accused of raping an Iraqi teenage girl and killing her and her family near Mahmoudiya, Iraq, in March 2006.He is among many U.S. troops in Iraq with mental or personality disorders, The CNN Television reported Thursday.(Reuters Photo)

    WASHINGTON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- An ex-U.S. soldier accused of raping a young Iraqi woman and killing 4 family members including her, is among many U.S. troops in Iraq with mental or personality disorders, The CNN Television reported Thursday.

    Quoting military documents, the report said Steven D. Green was discharged from the military and sent home in May due to some "anti-social personality disorder," before the rape and killing incident was exposed in June. Full story>>

    Iraqi PM wants probe into alleged U.S. rape-slaying case

    BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday called for an independent Iraqi investigation into the suspected rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family by U.S. soldiers.

    Al-Maliki made the comments, which were his first on the case, during a visit to Kuwait on Wednesday. Full story>>