Two soldiers face charges in deaths of Iraqi detainees

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Two soldiers face charges in deaths of Iraqi detainees
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, November 21, 2008

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Two soldiers who helped Army investigators gather evidence about the alleged unlawful killing of four Iraqi detainees also will face charges for their alleged roles in the incident.

A Joint Multinational Training Command press statement issued Thursday said two 172nd Infantry Brigade soldiers — Staff Sgt. Jess Cunningham, 27, and Sgt. Charles Quigley, 28 — will face courts-martial on charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder.

The charges are related to an incident that occurred in April or May of 2007 in Baghdad, according to an Army release.

Article 32 hearings for the two soldiers were held in August in Vilseck, Germany.

According to court testimony at the time, Cunningham and Quigley were in the area when three fellow soldiers — 1st Sgt. John E. Hatley, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph P. Mayo and Sgt. Michael P. Leahy Jr. — fatally shot four unarmed Iraqi detainees near a canal in southwest Baghdad.


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