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April 30, 2009

Trial Begins for Alleged Ringleader in Iraq Rape, Murder Case
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The trial of a former soldier accused in the 2006 rape and murder of an
Iraqi teenager and the killing of her family has begun. Steven Green is
accused of being the ringleader in raping and killing fourteen-year-old
Abeer Kassem Hamza al-Janabi and killing her parents and five-year-old
sister. Green is being tried in a Kentucky civilian court. Three
soldiers have already been sentenced to life in prison in the case.



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