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US Soldiers Charged Over Death of Man They Forced to Jump Off a Bridge

Reuters | July 2 2004

Four U.S. soldiers have been charged in the drowning death of an Iraqi man forced to jump off a bridge into the Tigris River, according to newspaper reports.

The soldiers were part of a patrol that detained two Iraqi men for a late-night curfew violation, then ordered them to jump off the bridge in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra on January 3, according to the Rocky Mountain News on Friday. One swam ashore, but the other drowned.

The four soldiers are from the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, which returned to Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, from Iraq in April after a one-year deployment, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

First Lieutenant Jack Saville and Sergeant 1st Class Tracy Perkins were charged with manslaughter, assault, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, the newspaper quoted a Fort Carson spokeswoman as saying.

Sergeant Reggie Martinez was charged with manslaughter, and Specialist Terry Bowman was charged with assault. All four were also charged with making false statements to cover up the death.