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The investigation into the death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq revealed cruelty and maltreatment by other soldiers who have been charged with treating soldiers in their platoon inappropriately, the U.S. military said Saturday. The evidence of maltreatment became clear during the investigation into the death of Pvt. Keiffer Wilhelm, Multi-National Division-South spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Olson wrote in an e-mail. Olson also said there is no direct evidence that the soldiers' alleged misconduct...Read Full Story

Charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon in Iraq following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman, the military said Friday. Spc. Daniel Weber of Frankenmuth, Mich., resigned from the Army and is expected to testify against two of his unit supervisors, said Maj. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for Multinational Division-South. An investigation into the death of Pvt. Keiffer Wilhelm led to cruelty and maltreatment...Read Full Story

The father of an Ohio soldier who killed himself in Iraq says the Army didn't do enough to punish three superiors accused of mistreating men in their platoon. A military panel in Kuwait on Sunday convicted Staff Sgt. Bob Clements of Eastland, Texas, of obstructing justice, but cleared him on charges of cruelty and maltreatment, leading to a pay cut. Two other men were sentenced to several months confinement in earlier trials. Investigators say the three soldiers ridiculed men in the platoon...Read Full Story

A military official says charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon. The charges came following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman in Iraq. A military spokesman said Friday that Spc. Daniel Weber of Frankenmuth, Mich., has submitted his resignation from the Army and that he'll probably testify against two of his unit supervisors. Weber and the others were charged in August after investigators began looking...Read Full Story

The mother of a soldier whose suicide in Iraq led to cruelty charges against four men says her son made two final phone calls to tell her of abuses he was suffering in his platoon. Kathe Wilhelm has told The Associated Press that her son, Pvt. Keiffer Wilhelm, called her the day before he died and said he was being forced to run for miles with rocks in his pockets that smashed against his knees. She says he also said his belongings were disappearing and he had no one to turn to for help...Read Full Story