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FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Testifying under immunity, three U.S. Army commanders admitted Friday that soldiers were told to cover up an incident in which two Iraqi civilians were forced off a bridge into the Tigris River, where family members say one of them drowned. The commanders, however, said they don't believe anyone died, despite what the family and prosecutors say.
Capt. Matthew Cunningham said soldiers under his command admitted they forced the Iraqis to jump into the river last Jan. 3. He said the soldiers told him they had the Iraqis "get wet" and that "they wanted to make them miserable a little bit and walk home."See the full content of this document
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Brass Testify in Drowning Case
He said it was a bad decision, but that soldiers had to have non- lethal ways to make their presence felt in the area. He called the suggestion that anyone drowned a "sme...
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