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Four U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murder of Iraqi

HeadlineOct 05, 2004

Four U.S. soldiers were charged with murder yesterday for killing an Iraqi general who suffocated during an interrogation. The Denver Post has reported the soldiers put a sleeping bag over the man’s head and rolled him onto his stomach. The medical examiner found the general had died of asphyxiation from chest compression and from being smothered. The soldiers could face life in prison for the murder.

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