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  • Hometown Rallies for Accused Soldiers

    08/21/2003 8:28:47 PM PDT · by TexKat · 8 replies · 183+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 8/21/03 | DAVID B. CARUSO
    PHILADELPHIA - The families of four U.S. Army reservists accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners of war have enlisted politicians, veterans groups and hundreds of friends to help persuade the military to dismiss the charges at a hearing next week. The four soldiers, all with the 320th Military Police Battalion based in Ashley, Pa., are charged with punching and kicking several Iraqis, breaking one man's nose, while escorting a busload of prisoners to a POW processing center near Umm Qasr in May. Details of the allegations haven't been released by the Army, and the soldiers said they have been ordered not...