UK soldiers cleared of beating to death an innocent Iraqi teenager

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03658494.htm

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Seven British soldiers were acquitted on Thursday of charges of beating an innocent Iraqi teenager to death with rifle butts.

A judge at a specially convened military court in eastern England ordered the adjudicating panel to return "not guilty" verdicts against the seven because he did not believe there was sufficient evidence against them, the Ministry of Defence said.

The defendants -- four serving and three former soldiers -- were accused of killing 18-year-old Nadhem Abdullah during a skirmish in a village near the southern city of Basra in 2003.

Prosecutors said the soldiers had wrongly believed he had been in a car which had evaded an army checkpoint.

[devilgrrl]

1. Were the soldiers dressed like Iraqi insurgents when they beat him?

:sarcasm:

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2. His relatives will be coming to a subway near you.... and not to

chat either.