Iraqi medic ‘sick’ after finding bodies

AN IRAQI army medic told a US military hearing yesterday he was sick for weeks after finding the naked and burned body of a 14-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered by American soldiers south of Baghdad.

The medic gave his testimony on the opening day of a hearing to determine whether five US soldiers must stand trial in the March 12 rape and killing of Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and the killing of her parents and sister.

It is among the worst in a series of cases of alleged abuse of Iraqis by American soldiers.