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May 8, 2009

Ex-Soldier Convicted in Iraq Rape, Murder Case
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A former US soldier has been convicted for the 2006 rape and murder of
an Iraqi teenager and the killing of her family. On Thursday, a federal
jury found Steven Green guilty on all seventeen counts. Prosecutors say
Green was the ringleader in raping and killing fourteen-year-old Abeer
Kassem Hamza al-Janabi and killing her parents and five-year-old sister.
Three soldiers have already been sentenced to life in prison in the
case.



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