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April 22, 2010

Trial Begins in Beating of Iraqi Prisoner
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In Iraq, a court-martial has begun for a Navy SEAL accused of abusing an
Iraqi prisoner last year. On Tuesday, the prisoner, Ahmed Hashim Abed,
testified he was repeatedly beaten while hooded and having his hands
tied behind his back. The accused, Julio Huertas, is the first of three
Navy SEALs to go on trial for the alleged abuse. In other testimony
Wednesday, another Navy sailor testified he witnessed Abed being punched
in the stomach. Abed was captured last year and accused of masterminding
the 2004 attack that killed four Blackwater operatives in Fallujah.



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