Lawyer: 101st soldier did not kill detainee

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Lawyer: 101st soldier did not kill detainee
By Kristin M. Hall - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Aug 25, 2008 22:10:50 EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A soldier accused of premeditated murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi detainee says he did not kill the man and will fight the charges, his attorney said Monday.

Attorney James Phillips also said a hearing for Army Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner has again been reset to give the civilian attorneys time to travel to Iraq.

“We will fight this thing all the way until the end,” said Phillips, a civilian attorney who has a background in handling military trials.

Warner and 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna, both from Oklahoma, are accused of shooting Ali Mansour Mohammed “at or near” their forward operating base north of Baghdad and then lying about it. The military has not said when Mohammed died.

Iraqi eyewitness accounts of the death will be part of an Article 32 hearing for Warner, now set for Sept. 11, Phillips said. An Article 32 hearing is equivalent to a civilian preliminary hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for a court-martial.


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