Alberto Martinez (United States Army)

Alberto Martinez (United States Army)

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name= Staff Sergeant Alberto MartinezUnited States Army
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rank= Sergeant
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unit=42nd Infantry Division
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Alberto Martinez is a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army who stands accused of the 2005 premeditated murder of two of his superior officers while serving under them in Iraq.cite news
url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Defense+in+'fragging'+case+granted+help-a01610641288
title=Defense in 'fragging' case granted help
publisher=AP News
date=2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.bragg.army.mil/pao/Media%20Advisory%202007/Sept.%207,%202007%20Martinez%20rulings.doc
title=Judge rules on Martinez motions
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=September 7, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] At the time of his deployment Martinez was serving with the 42nd Infantry Division of the New York National Guard. The accusations against him includes charges that he used grenades and a mine to murder Captain Phillip Esposito of Suffern, New York, and 1st Lt. Louis Allen of Milford, Pennsylvania, at the US Army base in Tikrit. [cite news|last = Hampson|first = Rick|title = Motive behind 'fragging' case unclear| url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Officers_Killed.php | date = 2005-06-19 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|last = Associated Press|title = Soldier accused of killing superior officer arraigned at Fort Bragg| url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Officers_Killed.php|date = 2006-11-03 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|last = Martin|first = David|title = Soldier Charged In Officer Deaths: Allegedly Threw Grenades Into Room Shared By GIs At Iraqi Palace|url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/16/iraq/main702486.shtml|date = 2005-06-16 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ] [cite news|title = Soldier to receive fragging hearing Thursday|work = "Army Times"| url = http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_article32_071016w/|date = 2007-10-17 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ]

This case has received coverage as the second case of fragging, or assassinating a superior officer, to be charged against a US Army soldier in the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq; however this case marks the only one where the officers killed were directly in the chain of command of the suspect as is the usual use of the Vietnam War era term "fragging." [cite news|last = Associated Press|title = Defense in 'fragging' case granted help | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Defense+in+'fragging'+case+granted+help-a01610641288 | date = 2007 | accessdate=2008-05-30 ]

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Hasan Akbar case

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