GI gets 18 years for killing Iraqis

Amazing, the lives of three unarmed Iraqi lives, are worth just 5 years, Unfrikingbelievable

By PAUL von ZIELBAUER

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky., Jan. 25 — An Army infantryman received an 18-year prison sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to killing two unarmed Iraqis during an assault northwest of Baghdad last May.

The infantryman, Pfc. Corey R. Clagett, 22, of the Third Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, also pleaded guilty to trying to kill a third unarmed man detained in the raid, and to conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

Under the terms of a plea deal made with military prosecutors and approved by the division’s commanding general, Private Clagett will be eligible for parole after roughly five years, his lawyers said.

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