US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths

US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths: "A US soldier has been jailed for 18 years after pleading guilty to murdering three Iraqi detainees.

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The men initially told prosecutors that they shot the detainees because they were trying to escape.

But during his trial, Hunsaker testified that Sgt Girouard gave an order to kill them.

'He told us to cut the zip ties, tell them to run and shoot them. I went out and did just that,' he told the court."

(Via BBC News.)