James P. Barker

James P. Barker

James P. Barker (born 1982) is a former specialist in the U.S. Army who pleaded guilty on 15 November 2006 to the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, and of helping murder her and her family. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6152118.stm US soldier admits Iraq girl rape] — BBC News]

Barker told Army criminal investigators that he poured kerosene on the girl's bullet-ridden body after the killing, according to testimony given at a military hearing in August. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1948615,00.html US soldier pleads guilty to raping Iraqi teenager | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited ] ] The girl's father, mother and five-year-old sister were also killed. Barker further told an investigator in a sworn statement that on the day of the attack he and fellow accused soldiers Cortez, Jesse Spielman and Green were drinking whiskey mixed with an energy drink and hitting golfballs. [CBS News, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/07/iraq/main1872164.shtml Whiskey And Golf Before Rape-Murder?] , August 7, 2006.]

In November 2006, the soldier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 90 years in prison. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1950563,00.html Iraq rape soldier given life sentence] , Guardian Unlimited, Nov 17, 2006.] Several members of his contingent are eligible for the death penalty. He has no chance of early release until November 2026.

ee also

*Mahmudiyah incident

References

External links

* [http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-11-15-voa20.cfm US Soldier to Plead Guilty in Iraqi Rape-Murder Case]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229879,00.html?sPage=fnc.national/crime Soldier Who Pleaded Guilty of Rape Sentenced to 90 Years]


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