http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_on_...rs_investigated

 

The U.S. Army will investigate charges that five American soldiers were involved in the killings of four Iraqi relatives, including a woman who had been raped, military officials said Friday. It's the sixth current inquiry into the alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by American troops.

 

Some of the five soldiers also allegedly burned the body of the woman they are accused of assaulting in the March incident, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

 

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Now, they are innocent until proven guilty. But if it is true, this is yet another big black eye for the military, especially in Iraq. This doesn't say anything about the military as a whole but rather leads to questions regarding the stress levels going on for soldiers over there (PTSD, etc.) The VA already admitted that they really underestimated the amount of stress disorder cases they were going to see from returning soldiers.

 

And before anybody asks (and/or happens to miss it in the article) -- According to a senior Army official, the alleged incident was first revealed by a soldier during a routine counseling-type session.

Old article, it just got worse. One was charged today.