BAGHDAD, July 9 (UPI) -- Four U.S. soldiers have been charged with raping a young Iraqi woman and killing her along with her family, the U.S. military said Sunday.
A fifth soldier was accused of dereliction of duty for failing to report the offenses, CNN reported.
The soldiers are charged with conspiring with former Pfc. Steven D. Green to commit the crimes, the military said.
The charges follow an investigation into allegations that soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division raped and killed the teenager then killed three of her relatives at her home south of Baghdad.
Green was arrested in North Carolina last week and has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and four counts of murder.
The five soldiers still on active duty face an Article 32 investigation, similar to a grand jury hearing in civilian law, the U.S. military said. The Article 32 proceeding will determine whether there is enough evidence to place them on trial.
