U.S. Soldiers Accused of Mowing Down Detainees
A military prosecutor said in closing arguments that four U.S. soldiers accused of murder in Iraq freed three detainees, encouraged them to flee and then shot them down.
“Soldiers must follow the laws of war. That’s what makes us better than the terrorists,” Capt. Joseph Mackey said at a hearing to determine if the four should face a court-martial -- and possibly the death penalty.
Pfc. Corey R. Clagett, Spc. William B. Hunsaker, Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Girouard and Spc. Juston R. Graber are accused of murdering three Iraqi men taken from a house May 9 on a marshy island outside Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad.
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