[Lancey Howard]

On the evening of April 26, 2006, squad members said they sat in a palm grove and decided to kidnap a suspected insurgent, kill him and then stage the scene to make it appear they caught him placing a bomb.

Testimony during court hearings disclosed that when the squad failed to find that man at home, they went to a neighboring house, seized Awad and shot him instead.

During the court hearings, prosecutors repeatedly said Awad, a retired Iraqi policeman and father of 11 children, had no known ties to the insurgency.

Is this a full and accurate summary?

[Lancey Howard]

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