- Alberto Martinez (United States Army)
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name= Staff Sergeant Alberto MartinezUnited States Army
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allegiance=flagicon|United StatesUnited States of America
branch=United States Army
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rank= Sergeant
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unit=42nd Infantry Division
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laterwork=Alberto Martinez is a
Staff Sergeant in theUnited States Army who stands accused of the 2005 premeditated murder of two of his superior officers while serving under them in Iraq.cite news
url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Defense+in+'fragging'+case+granted+help-a01610641288
title=Defense in 'fragging' case granted help
publisher=AP News
date=2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.bragg.army.mil/pao/Media%20Advisory%202007/Sept.%207,%202007%20Martinez%20rulings.doc
title=Judge rules on Martinez motions
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=September 7 ,2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] At the time of his deployment Martinez was serving with the42nd Infantry Division of theNew York National Guard . The accusations against him includes charges that he usedgrenade s and a mine to murderCaptain Phillip Esposito ofSuffern, New York , and 1st Lt. Louis Allen ofMilford, Pennsylvania , at the US Army base inTikrit . [cite news|last = Hampson|first = Rick|title = Motive behind 'fragging' case unclear| url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Officers_Killed.php | date = 2005-06-19 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|last = Associated Press|title = Soldier accused of killing superior officer arraigned at Fort Bragg| url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Officers_Killed.php|date = 2006-11-03 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|last = Martin|first = David|title = Soldier Charged In Officer Deaths: Allegedly Threw Grenades Into Room Shared By GIs At Iraqi Palace|url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/16/iraq/main702486.shtml|date = 2005-06-16 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|title = Soldier to receive fragging hearing Thursday|work = "Army Times"| url = http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_article32_071016w/|date = 2007-10-17 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ]This case has received coverage as the second case of
fragging , or assassinating a superior officer, to be charged against a US Army soldier in the2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq ; however this case marks the only one where the officers killed were directly in the chain of command of the suspect as is the usual use of theVietnam War era term "fragging." [cite news|last = Associated Press|title = Defense in 'fragging' case granted help | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Defense+in+'fragging'+case+granted+help-a01610641288 | date = 2007 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ]ee also
Hasan Akbar case References
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