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Britain Won't Charge Troops in Iraq Deaths

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From: AP Online
Date: 20060427
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-27-2006
Dateline: LONDON
Authorities said Thursday that no charges would be filed against British troops who fatally shot a stone-throwing Iraqi civilian but also accidentally killed a fellow soldier.

Attorney General Lord Goldsmith told the House of Lords there would be no prosecution in the deaths of Sgt. Steven Roberts and the civilian, Zaher Zaher, who were shot by British troops in 2003 at a checkpoint in southern Iraq.

Roberts, who was shot in the chest, was not wearing ceramic body armor because there was not enough to go around. His ...

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