GI to plead guilty in Iraq plot
From the Washington Post
WASHINGTON —
A U.S. soldier who is accused of taking part in a plan to rape an Iraqi teenager and kill her family in March is scheduled to plead guilty today to numerous charges in a military court in Kentucky, the soldier’s civilian lawyer said Tuesday.
Spc. James P. Barker would be the first soldier to publicly take responsibility for the attack in Mahmoudiya. Barker has agreed to testify against others who are accused, attorney David Sheldon said.
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