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...Barker, 23, U.S. Army specialist; to 90 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to participating in the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of the girl, her younger sister and her parents last March in the village of Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad; in Fort Campbell, Ky. Asked why he did it, Barker, who cut a deal to avoid the death penalty and agreed to testify against his four alleged co-conspirators, said, "I hated Iraqis ... They can smile at you, then shoot you in your face without even thinking about...
...perhaps known for only two reasons. One is the burning of Washington, D.C. The second is the writing of the Star Spangled Banner—courtesy of Francis Scott Key witnessing a still waving flag amidst the rubble of Fort McHenry...
Cardona knew it was a terrible idea. Shortly before he left Fort Bragg, N.C., for the Middle East, he told a close friend and family members that he was returning against his wishes but felt dutybound to accept the deployment. The friend said Cardona described trying to attach another soldier's name tags to his uniform in hopes of concealing his identity from Iraqis but was told by a superior to desist. According to this friend, Cardona said he had told at least one of his superiors that he feared for his safety in Iraq. Cardona's name...
...that Cardona was on his way to Iraq that the military reconsidered his posting. The morning after the story broke, the Pentagon said in a statement that Cardona's movement into Iraq from a staging area in Kuwait had been "stopped." Hours later, it said he would return to Fort Bragg immediately...
...military in Iraq went further. "He's not coming to Iraq," Lt. Col. Josslyn L. Aberle, chief of media operations for the Multinational Corps in Iraq stated flatly. And indeed, by Friday afternoon, the Pentagon said in a statement that Cardona "will depart Kuwait and will return to Fort Bragg immediately...