A US marine officer has been thrown out of the service after a court martial convicted him of dereliction of duty and maltreatment of an Iraqi who died at the prison he commanded.

A US Marine officer has been thrown out of the service after a court martial convicted him of dereliction of duty and maltreatment of an Iraqi who died at the prison he commanded.

A US marine reservist has appeared at a military court hearing on charges that he karate-kicked an Iraqi prisoner who later died.

The US Army is probing the deaths of at least 32 Iraqis and five Afghans held by American forces since August 2002, the Pentagon has confirmed.