Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence

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Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-decide-fate-u-soldier-killed-servicemen-iraq-110231315.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_mFLMDkrAKZRYGQXm8Q_2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-16T181850Z_1_CBRE94F1EVK00_RTROPTP_2_IRAQ-SHOOTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Wilburn Russell displays a portrait of his son, the Army sergeant who is accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq, in Sherman" align="left" title="Wilburn Russell displays a portrait of his son, the Army sergeant who is accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq, in Sherman" border="0" /></a>By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree in Iraq, one of the worst cases of violence by an American soldier against other U.S. troops. In a deal that spared him the death penalty, Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at the Camp Liberty combat stress clinic, near Baghdad's airport. The military has said the 2009 shooting might have been triggered by combat stress. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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