(Halliburton)Military contractor charged with assault for alleged stabbing [View All]

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PHOENIX (AP) -- A military contractor has been indicted on assault charges for allegedly stabbing a woman while working in Iraq.

The indictment returned by a federal grand jury says 30-year-old Aaron Langston of Snowflake is accused of attacking the woman with a knife on February 15th at Al Asad Airbase.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix says Langston was working as a military contractor for a subsidiary of Halliburton Company.

Langston allegedly stabbed the woman in the throat.

A judge ordered that Langston be returned to Arizona to face assault charges.

link: http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20070301_contractor.d0b485c.html