US army captain faces court martial for killing

A US army tank company commander accused of killing a member of a militia led by a radical Shiite cleric in Iraq will be court martialed, the US army said today.

Following the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury investigation, 1st Armoured Division commander Maj. Gen. Martin Dempsey decided to go ahead with the court martial of Capt. Rogelio Maynulet, division spokesman Maj. Michael Indovina said in a statement.