3 U.S. soldiers are charged in drowning death of Iraqi

Two Iraqis were forced to jump off a bridge.
DENVER (AP) -- Three soldiers have been charged with manslaughter in the drowning death of an Iraqi man who was forced to jump off a bridge near Baghdad in January, the military said today.
A fourth soldier, who like the other three is from Fort Carson, faces charges after being accused of ordering a second Iraqi to jump. That man survived.
The Army said the drowning happened Jan. 4 in the city of Samarra. It described the victim as a detainee, but no other details were released.
The four are assigned to Fort Carson's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, which is part of the 4th Infantry based at Fort Hood, Texas. All of the brigade's 4,500 soldiers returned to Fort Carson by April after about a year in Iraq.
Who faces charges
Two of the soldiers, 1st Lt. Jack M. Saville and Sgt. 1st Class Tracy E. Perkins, are charged with manslaughter, assault, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, according to officials with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood. Sgt. Reggie Martinez is charged with manslaughter and Spec. Terry Bowman is charged with assault. All are charged with making false statements.
Saville and Perkins were formally charged June 7; the other two were formally charged June 28.
They face a hearing at Fort Carson to determine whether they should be court-martialed. The procedure, called an Article 32 hearing, has not been scheduled.
A separate killing
In a separate case involving Fort Carson soldiers, Chief Warrant Officers Lewis Welshofer and Jeff Williams were reprimanded and forbidden to conduct further interrogations after the death of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush.
He died from asphyxiation as a result of smothering and chest compression, according to Pentagon documents obtained by the Denver Post.