Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi civilian, raising to four the number of U.S. soldiers from the same unit charged with murder of Iraqis in the past week. The 1st Cavalry Division, which operates in and around Baghdad, named the two soldiers as Staff Sergeant Johnny Horne and Staff Sergeant Cardenas Alban, both from the 1st Battalion of the 41st Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Riley, Kansas. Last week, two soldiers from the same unit, Sergeant Michael Williams and Specialist Brent May, were charged with premeditated murder in the wrongful deaths of three Iraqi civilians. By contrast, the Naval Special Warfare Command, which oversees the SEALs, kept most details about its latest case under wraps last week, refusing to release the sailors' names and rank or details of the allegations against seven SEALS charged with prisoner abuse. Unlike other Navy units, the command withholds sailors' names until a day or two before preliminary hearings begin.
Behind the Homefront articleOn Sunday, the military announced that a U.S. soldier had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi National Guard soldier in northern Iraq in May this year.
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