Soldier to admit to Iraq murders

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Soldier to admit to Iraq murders
By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A soldier has decided to plead guilty to murder in the deaths in Iraq of three detainees under an agreement with prosecutors, his attorney said.

Spc. William B. Hunsaker, 24, of the 101st Airborne Division, is "looking forward to getting back with his family as soon as possible and getting on with his life," his civilian attorney, Michael Waddington, told The Associated Press Wednesday.

Hunsaker intends to plead guilty to murder, attempted murder and obstruction of justice during a hearing at Fort Campbell in Kentucky on Thursday morning, Waddington said.

Hunsaker was one of four soldiers charged in the killings that followed a May raid on a suspected al-Qaida stronghold near Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad.

The soldiers originally told investigators that they shot detainees because they were attempting to flee — a story they now say they made up — and that commanders told them to kill all military-age males.

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