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Punishment for ordering civilians killed in Iraq? A reprimand.
"turned them loose and killed them as part of a staged escape attempt ... the fourth Iraqi man killed in the assault was 70 years old, unarmed and not a legitimate target. After the raid, several soldiers noticed blindfolds and plastic handcuffs on the bodies of three of the men who were killed."

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