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Soldier will face charges for alleged cover-up of Iraqi deaths
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/09/30/3407717/soldier-will-face-charges-for.html?sp=/99/296/331/354/Soldier will face charges for alleged cover-up of Iraqi deaths
By Adam Ashton
Staff writer
September 30, 2014
An Army paratrooper will not face murder charges in the shooting of two young Iraqis seven years ago, but still could go to jail for his alleged attempts to quash investigations into the killings.
The Army announced Tuesday that it had dropped two murder charges filed against Sgt. 1st Class Michael Barbera, marking the second time the military has declined to prosecute the soldier in connection with a blown reconnaissance mission in Iraq’s Diyala Province.
He still is to be prosecuted at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on charges he tried to obstruct an Army investigation and threatened a journalist’s wife when The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper began looking into the killings.
Barbera faces up to eight years in confinement if convicted of the two charges.
