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  • July 2008

    • Ex-Beau Charged in Pregnant Soldier's Murder

      CNN  |  Jul 30, 08 9:49 AM CDT

      Ex-Beau Charged in Pregnant Soldier's Murder

      (Newser) - The former boyfriend of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier has been charged with her murder, reports CNN. Edgar Patino, 27, proposed to fellow soldier Spc. Megan Lynn Touma while the two were stationed in Germany, according to friends. But Touma, 23, broke up with Patino recently when they were transferred to Fort Bragg and she discovered he was already married to someone else. More »

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      murder  • soldier  • Marine  • domestic violence  • Fort Bragg

  • June 2008

    • Marine Dies Months After Mugging

      Associated Press  |  Jun 2, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      Marine Dies Months After Mugging

      (Newser) - A careful young Marine has died from bullet wounds 4 months after muggers shot him point blank in the neck while he was on leave home in Cleveland from Iraq, the AP reports. Warned that a Marine could be a robbery target, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield decided to carry only $8 in his pocket, a sum that infuriated his attackers. Two men have been charged in the shooting. More »

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      Iraq war  • shooting  • Marine  • armed robbery

  • May 2008

    • 'Miracle Marine' Dead After 3-Year Struggle

      Associated Press  |  May 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      'Miracle Marine' Dead After 3-Year Struggle

      (Newser) - A Marine who endured burns on 97% of his body with good humor and hope has died during routine surgery, USA Today reports. Hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Sgt. Merlin German walked, talked, and even danced during his 3-year recovery. Undergoing more than 100 surgeries, he became a symbol of resilience and started a charity for burned kids called "Merlin's Miracles." More »

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      Iraq  • US Army  • military  • soldier  • Marine  • roadside bomb

  • April 2008

    • Marine Murder Suspect: I Loved Her

      CNN  |  Apr 11, 08 4:10 AM CDT

      Marine Murder Suspect: I Loved Her

      (Newser) - The fugitive Marine finally busted in Mexico yesterday in the grisly murder of a pregnant colleague told a reporter who asked whether he killed her: "I loved her." Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean of Camp Lejeune was captured after a three-month manhunt, reports CNN. He went on the lam when investigators found the charred body of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who had accused Laurean of rape. More »

    • Fugitive Marine Captured in Mexico

      Associated Press  |  Apr 10, 08 9:02 PM CDT

      Fugitive Marine Captured in Mexico

      (Newser) - The FBI says it has arrested a fugitive Marine sought in the murder of a pregnant fellow Marine in North Carolina, the AP reports. Authorities say they arrested Cpl. Cesar Laurean in Mexico, where he fled in January. He is charged with killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, whose burned remains, and those of her fetus, were found in his back yard. More »

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      Mexico  • Marine  • Maria Lauterbach  • Cesar Laurean  • Camp Lejeune

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Marine in Okinawa Rape Case Released

      Reuters  |  Feb 29, 08 10:22 AM CST

      Marine in Okinawa Rape Case Released

      (Newser) - A US Marine was released into US custody today after Japanese prosecutors dropped rape charges against him, Reuters reports. The Okinawa arrest had sparked outrage across Japan, but prosecutors backed off when the alleged victim withdrew her accusations. The 38-year-old Marine had admitted holding down his 14-year-old accuser but maintained he’d only kissed her. More »

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      Japan  • Condoleezza Rice  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • 4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

      Reuters  |  Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST

      4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

      (Newser) - US military authorities are charging four Marines with raping a young Japanese woman, just days after a Marine was arrested by Japanese authorities and charged with raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a separate case. The four men are accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman in October after meeting her at an event hall in Hiroshima. More »

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      Japan  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • sexual assault

    • Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      Reuters  |  Feb 14, 08 4:21 PM CST

      Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      (Newser) - The arrest this week of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has stirred long-simmering resentment of the nearly 50,000 American troops stationed there, Reuters reports. “Considering that such vicious, atrocious incidents have never ceased to occur, we must question the way the US military enforces discipline,” reads a statement from Okinawa's assembly. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • Berkeley Retreats on Marines

      CNN  |  Feb 13, 08 8:49 AM CST

      Berkeley Retreats on Marines

      (Newser) - Early this morning, the city council of Berkeley, Calif., rescinded a controversial declaration that Marine recruiters are not welcome in the city, CNN reports. The council, however, stands by its opposition to the Iraq war. The decision came after three hours of raucous citizen input and a day of clashes between pro- and anti-military protesters, with many obscenities exchanged and four arrests reported. More »

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      Iraq war  • California  • protests  • Marine  • Berkeley

    • US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      Reuters  |  Feb 11, 08 5:23 AM CST

      US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      (Newser) - A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese schoolgirl in Okinawa, where resentment is already running high against American military presence, Reuters reports. The 38-year-old Marine allegedly raped the teen in a car yesterday, officials said. "This kind of crime cannot be forgiven, especially when you remember that the victim is a middle school student," said Okinawa's governor. "I feel extremely angry." More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • military  • Marine  • Okinawa

    • Hundreds Mourn Slain Marine at Ohio Funeral

      Associated Press  |  Feb 2, 08 4:47 PM CST

      Hundreds Mourn Slain Marine at Ohio Funeral

      (Newser) - Hundreds of family members and friends gathered near Dayton, Ohio, today for the funeral of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, the pregnant Marine murdered in North Carolina in December. Marines carried her casket; a smaller one held the body of her unborn child, Gabriel. Some 200 members of a group called the Patriot Guard, veterans who ride their motorcycles to military funerals, stood at attention as the hearse arrived for the mass, the AP reports. More »

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      Marine  • funeral  • Maria Lauterbach  • pregnant marine  • Cesar Laurean  • burial  • Mass

    • Germany Balks at US Request for Troop Help

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 1, 08 5:47 PM CST