US soldier guilty in Iraqi death

A military jury in Hawaii has convicted a soldier of aggravated assault in the killing of an Iraqi man last year. The jury has found Army Specialist Christopher Shore not guilty of third-degree murder on Wednesday but guilty of the lesser charge.

The soldier had blamed the June 23 killing on his platoon leader.

Shore says he shot at but intentionally missed the victim when ordered by the platoon leader to finish him off. >

Shore said Sergeant 1st Class Trey Corrales had ordered him to kill the Iraqi who was suspected of firing at a US helicopter.

Corrales, charged with premeditated murder, will go on trial on April 22.

Colonel Donna Wright, who presided over Shore's trial, told jurors they could either convict Shore of the murder charge, which is the equivalent of manslaughter, or of aggravated assault, or they could find him innocent.