American Soldier Held For Shooting 3 Comrades, Killing 2

A U.S. soldier in Iraq has been charged with fatally shooting two fellow American troops and injuring a another last week, the Washington Post reports.

Spec. Neftaly Platero, 32, is being held in Iraq while the military conducts an investigation into the incident in Fallujah, according to a U.S. military statement.

The four men got into an argument last Thursday on a U.S. base, an American military spokesman said. Platero then apparently pulled his weapon and started...