http://www.watoday.com.au/world/us-exsoldier-faces-death-for-rape-murder-of-iraqi-girl-20090428-aljk.htmlUS ex-soldier faces death for rape, murder of Iraqi girlApril 28, 2009 - 12:59PM
A former US soldier accused of being the ringleader of the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and the murder of her family bragged about how "awesome" it was, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday.
Specialist Steven D. Green - a soldier discharged for a "personality disorder" before the slaying was discovered - faces the death penalty if convicted in a civil trial being held in Kentucky.
Three other soldiers were given life sentences in the March 2006 atrocity which was allegedly devised over whiskey and a game of cards at a traffic check point in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad.
A fourth soldier who acted as a lookout was sentenced to 27 months in jail.