U.S. soldier convicted of beating Iraqi detainee with baseball bat

Eugene

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Wed Aug-15-07 04:10 AM
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U.S. soldier convicted of beating Iraqi detainee with baseball bat

Source: Associated Press

U.S. soldier convicted of beating Iraqi detainee with baseball bat

Published: August 14, 2007

FORT LEE, Virginia: A soldier was convicted Tuesday of brutally
beating an Iraqi detainee with a baseball bat and attempting to
cover it up. The verdict arrived just a day after his court-
martial began.

A six-person military jury found Sgt. 1st Class Timothy L. Drake
guilty of assault and two counts of making false statements, but
acquitted the soldier on the charges of impeding the investigation
and encouraging a fellow soldier to beat a detainee.

Drake was awaiting his sentence Wednesday evening.

Drake, 40, was accused of striking the detainee in December 2003
at Forward Operating Base Mercury, near the Iraqi town of Fallujah.

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Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/america/NA-GEN-US-Soldier-Detainee-Abuse.php

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UKProPeace

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Wed Aug-15-07 04:54 AM
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1. Yet another one

How many more to come? How many won't get prosecuted at all?

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