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Army Sniper Cleared in Murder of Two Iraqi Civilians

HeadlineOct 01, 2007

A military court-martial has cleared an Army sniper accused of murdering two Iraqi civilians. But the sniper, Specialist Jorge Sandoval, was sentenced to five months in prison for placing detonation wire on one of the bodies to make it look as if the man was an insurgent.

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