Wanted person, gunman killed in Iraq violence until Friday afternoon
 
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /08 /2008  Time 2:36:25
 
 
BAGHDAD, Aug. 29 (VOI) –

A wanted person and a gunman were killed in acts of violence in different areas of Iraq during the period between Thursday evening and Friday afternoon, according to security sources.

In Salah al-Din, a statement by the Multi-National Force (MNF) read that coalition troops killed a wanted man on Thursday during an operation in Tikrit city that targeted an aide of al-Qaeda leader in central Iraq areas.

In Ninewa, 405 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the mayor of Talafar district, Nijm Abdullah, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) that the police killed a suicide attacker who was wearing an explosive belt he was planning to detonate inside a mosque in al-Qadissiya neighborhood, Talafar, 60 km west of Mosul.

On Thursday, an Iraqi army force detained two wanted men in al-Qahira neighborhood, eastern Mosul, according to the spokesman for the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC).

He added that another Iraqi army force detained two others in the western Baghdad district of al-Biaaj.

AmR (P)

U.S. court acquits Marine charged with killing 4 Iraqi detainees
 
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /08 /2008  Time 2:36:25
BAGHDAD, Aug. 29 (VOI) –

A U.S. civil court acquitted a Marine who stood trial on charges of killing four unarmed Iraqi detainees, according to a U.S. media advisor on Friday.

"A federal court jury deliberated for six hours before finding Jose Luis Nazario Jr., 28, not guilty of charges that he unlawfully killed or ordered his squad members to kill the four Iraqis on November 9, 2004, in the restive city of Falluja," Abdellatif Rayan told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Rayan said the case, however, was not over as there are still two soldiers awaiting a court martial on the same scores.

Nazario's trial has faced problems when two of his former comrades refused to testify against him.
The nearly three-year-old case came to light when one of the Marines facing court-martial confessed to the killings during a lie detector test he was taking for a civilian job. He was later called back into military service.

In addition to voluntary manslaughter, Nazario was acquitted of assault with a dangerous weapon and of using a firearm during a crime of violence.

Nazario's trial in his hometown of Riverside, California, has been closely watched by domestic and international media as it marks the first time that a former Marine has been prosecuted by a civilian court for wartime conduct.

AmR (S)