Soldier Faces Hearing In Killings Of Iraqi Boys

There is a preliminary court martial hearing scheduled today in Washington state for Sergeant First Class Michael Barbera, formerly of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson on murder charges.

Barbera was charged after an expose ran in a Pittsburgh newspaper about the killing of two unarmed teenage boys as they herded cattle in Iraq seven years ago.

Not much has been said about it by the military. The hearing is at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

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