A former US soldier was arrested and charged with killing four Iraqi civilians and raping one of them, US officials said on Monday. Steven Green, 21, who was stationed in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, appeared in court in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He was expected to sent to Kentucky where he has been charged with the attacks that took place in March near Mahmudiya, Iraq.
Green, who faces a possible death penalty if convicted, was charged with going to a house near Mahmudiya with three other people to rape a woman living there, according a statement by the US attorney in Kentucky.
The charges came as Iraq's prime minister visited Gulf Arab leaders to win support for his plan to end communal bloodshed, but new bombings and a boycott of parliament by Sunni Arab lawmakers underlined the difficulty of his task.
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