Navy SEAL faces hearing in death of Iraqi prisoner Jen Nolan at 10:55 AM ET
[JURIST] The US Navy has announced that on Monday an unnamed SEAL lieutenant will face an Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury, on charges that his abuse of an Iraqi prisoner lead to the prisoner's death. The prisoner, Manadel al-Jamadi, was captured and held at Abu Ghraib prison when the alleged abuse occurred. The US suspected al-Jamadi of being involved in the bombing of a Red Cross facility in Iraq. AP has more.
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