U.S. GI Charged With Murder Goes to Court
The first American soldier charged with murder in Iraq appeared before a U.S. military court Wednesday as it opened investigative hearings that could lead to his court martial. Capt. Rogelio M. Maynulet, who maintains he is innocent, appeared before a military version of a U.S. grand jury. The inquiry is looking at the shooting of a man during the hunt for Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. [more]