US soldier charged with ****** of five comrades in Iraq
by Benjamin Morgan – Tue May 12, 1:09 pm ET
BAGHDAD (AFP) – A US soldier who allegedly sprayed his comrades with lethal gunfire at an American base in Baghdad has been charged with five counts of ****** and one of assault, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
Sergeant John M. Russell, whose unit is preparing to leave Iraq within months, allegedly shot dead five colleagues at a mental health counselling clinic in Camp Liberty near Baghdad's international airport on Monday.
