Wednesday, December 05, 2007  Other Items  A Fort Lewis, Wash.,
soldier has been charged with murder in the death of his platoon
sergeant in Iraq, although investigators do not think the
killing was intentional, the Army said Tuesday. Cpl. Timothy
Ayers, 21, is accused of shooting Sgt. 1st Class David A. Cooper
Jr., 36, who died Sept. 5 in Baghdad. Investigators believe that
Ayers discharged a pistol in "wanton disregard for human life"
at Forward Operating Base Falcon.  The above is from AP in the
Omaha World-Herald (it's in the sidebar, second item under
"Other Developments"). Meanwhile, today the US military
announced: "Two Multi-National Division-North Soldiers were
killed as a result of injuries sustained from a complex attack
involving an improvised explosive device and small arms fire
while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province, Dec. 4."
And late yesterday, they announced: "A U.S. Soldier was killed
as a result of injuries sustained from a vehicle explosion
during a vehicle recovery operation