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A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to
seven months in prison Thursday in the deaths of four Iraqis, saying he
stood guard from a machine-gun turret while the bound men were shot.

The relatively lenient sentence for Spc. Belmor Ramos was part of a deal
that will see him testify against others alleged to have been involved in
the killings last year.

The four unidentified Iraqi men were bound, blindfolded, shot in the head
and dumped in a Baghdad canal between 10 March and 16 April 2007 - killings
prosecutors said were in retribution for casualties in Ramos' unit at the
time.

Ramos, of Clearfield, Utah, told a judge at his court martial that he stood
guard as the men were killed. In the stark Rose Barracks courtroom, the
23-year-old testified he didn't have to go along with the others, but that
he wanted to.

"I wanted them dead. I had no legal justification or excuse to do this,"
Ramos said in a soft but steady voice.

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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424501,00.html
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> <quote>
>
> A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to
> seven months in prison Thursday in the deaths of four Iraqis, saying he
> stood guard from a machine-gun turret while the bound men were shot.
>
> The relatively lenient sentence for Spc. Belmor Ramos was part of a deal
> that will see him testify against others alleged to have been involved in
> the killings last year.
>
> The four unidentified Iraqi men were bound, blindfolded, shot in the head
> and dumped in a Baghdad canal between 10 March and 16 April 2007 - 
> killings
> prosecutors said were in retribution for casualties in Ramos' unit at the
> time.
>
> Ramos, of Clearfield, Utah, told a judge at his court martial that he 
> stood
> guard as the men were killed. In the stark Rose Barracks courtroom, the
> 23-year-old testified he didn't have to go along with the others, but that
> he wanted to.
>
> "I wanted them dead. I had no legal justification or excuse to do this,"
> Ramos said in a soft but steady voice.
>
> </quote>
>
>