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Killer of Iraqi soldier spent 294 days in brig
Jump to full article: San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 2007-12-15
Author: Rick Rogers UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Intro: A military jury sentenced Lance Cpl. Delano Holmes yesterday to time already served for stabbing an Iraqi soldier to death last year. . . .
Holmes stabbed and cut Pvt. Munther Jasem Muhammed Hassin more than 40 times during a predawn fight last New Year's Eve in an observation post in Fallujah. The confrontation began when the Iraqi soldier illuminated the post with a cell phone and then a cigarette.
Holmes apparently feared that insurgents would attack the post.
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