Us Army Jails Soldier For Role In Iraqi Murders

Berlin  - A US Army court martial in Germany jailed a soldier for seven months Thursday for conspiracy to murder in Iraq.

US soldiers allegedly killed four Iraqi prisoners in cold blood in March or April last year and dumped their bodies in a canal near Baghdad.

The prisoners, who were blindfolded and handcuffed, appeared to have ties to the Shiite al-Mahdi Army, according to US news reports.