(2006-12-22 06:31:25)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Eight U.S. marines were charged with criminal offenses Thursday for their alleged roles in the mass murder of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year, CNN reported. Full Story>>
(2006-11-17 08:01:06)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- A U.S.
soldier accused of participating in the rape of an Iraqi girl and then killing
her and her family was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Thursday, media reports
said. Full
Story>>
(2006-10-19 04:58:18)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight U.S.
soldiers on rape and murder charges in Iraq have been referred to a
court-martial, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday. Full
Story>>
(2006-09-05 04:55:07)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A U.S.
military investigator has recommended a court-martial on charges that could lead
to the death penalty for four soldiers accused of raping and killing of a Iraqi
girl, The New York Times website said Monday. Full Story>>
(2006-08-06 19:51:29
)
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. Full Story>>
(2006-08-03 20:37:24)
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Evidence
collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha last November supports
accusations that US marines killed civilians, including unarmed women and
children, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. marine
who was under investigation in connection with killing Iraqi civilians last year
filed a lawsuit Wednesday against an anti-war lawmaker, accusing the congressman
of defaming him in public comments on the case. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.
military has completed an investigation into the murders of 24 Iraqi civilians
in November last year in Haditha, Iraq, allegedly by American Marines, CNN
reported Tuesday. Full Story>>
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- A U.S.
soldier testified at a military court hearing on Wednesday that four of his
colleagues charged with murdering three detainees in Iraq during a raid
threatened to kill him if he informed on them. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Some senior U.S.
marine officers failed to seriously probe into the alleged killings of 24 Iraqi
civilians by marines last November, a senior U.S. general has
concluded. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Marine
Corps charged seven Marines and one sailor on Wednesday with murder in the death
of an Iraqi civilian on April 26 this year. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Marines
were accused of killing Hashim Ibrahim Awad al-Zobaie, a Iraqi civilian, on
April 26 in a central Iraqi village, and all parties to the case agreed that he
was shot dead by American soldiers, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Full Story>>
BAGHDAD, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military
investigation into a March 15 raid on a house in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi in
which civilians were killed cleared the U.S. forces, the military said in a
statement on Friday. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Seven U.S.
marines and a navy corpsman will be charged for the shooting death of an Iraqi
civilian in April, U.S. media reported Thursday. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- In his first
public comment on the alleged killings of 24 Iraqis by U.S. marines, U.S.
President George W. Bush said Wednesday that the news "troubled" him, CNN
Television reported. Full Story>>
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The White House
on Tuesday promised to publicize every detail of the investigation of the
alleged killing of two dozens of Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines last November.
Full
Story>>