http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBALZ0BX5E.htmlIndiana National Guardsman Accused of Killing Iraqi Police Officer to Be Court-Martialed
FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) - An Indiana National Guard soldier accused of murdering an Iraqi police officer will be court-martialed, the Army announced Friday.
Cpl. Dustin Berg, 21, is accused of killing Hussein Kamel Hadi Dawood Al-Dubeidi south of Baghdad in November 2003, then shooting himself. Berg, of Ferdinand, Ind., received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in the incident.
An investigator testified during an Article 32 hearing last month that Berg changed his story multiple times before admitting he killed the police officer. Special agent Clarence Joubert of the Army Criminal Investigative Division said Berg initially said he was shot by a man in a red turban and white shirt.
Berg's attorney said at the hearing, which is similar to a civilian grand jury hearing, that his client acted in self-defense.
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