The Independent: US soldier kills superior officers in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005

The Independent (www.Independent.co.uk) reported wednesday that for the first time in the Iraq conflict, "a US soldier is facing court martial, charged with murdering superior officers - an echo of the notorious 'fraggings' of the Vietnam War," adding "A military tribunal recommended yesterday that Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez, 37, be tried and face a possible death sentence if convicted of killing two officers."

The report said "A witness, Captain Carl Prober, told the tribunal that Staff Sgt Martinez, an explosives specialist, had said he hated Captain Esposito and was 'going to frag him'." Th Independent said "The US Army is believed to be investigating a number of other incidents involving attacks by soldiers on other soldiers, although none has caused fatalities."

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