3 British soldiers cleared in Iraqi death

[Eugene]

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 · Last updated 8:19 a.m. PT

3 British soldiers cleared in Iraqi death

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLCHESTER, England -- A military court Tuesday cleared three British soldiers
of killing an Iraqi teenager who drowned after allegedly being forced into a canal.

Sgt. Carle Selman, 39, Guardsman Joseph McCleary, 24, and Guardsman Martin McGing, 22,
were cleared of manslaughter charges in the death of 15-year-old Ahmad Jabbar Kareem,
who drowned in the Shatt al-Basra canal in Basra in May 2003.

Last month, Vice Judge Advocate General Michael Hunter ordered a fourth soldier, Lance
Cpl. James Cooke, 22, be found not guilty of manslaughter. He did not give a reason
for his ruling.

Prosecutors alleged the teenager and three other suspected looters were put into the water
to "teach them a lesson."

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[Benhurst]

1. Surprise. Surprise, White man's burden and all that, what? NT