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Ex-Soldier Pleads Not Guilty

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A former Army private charged with raping an Iraqi woman and killing her and her family entered a plea of not guilty through his public defenders Thursday.

Steven D. Green also waived a detention hearing and a preliminary hearing, and agreed that his case would be prosecuted in the Western District of Kentucky.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Moyer set an arraignment date of Aug. 8 in Paducah for Green, who was arrested Friday by FBI agents in Marion, N.C. Green appeared in baggy shorts and flip-flops, and was wearing the same Johnny Cash T-shirt he wore to a hearing Monday in Charlotte, N.C.

Green answered Moyer’s questions about his inability to pay for an attorney, saying he has about $6,000 in a checking account and owns a 1995 Lincoln Town Car.

“I don’t have anything else,” he told the judge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Butler said the case would be presented before a grand jury sometime in mid-July, probably in Paducah. Butler and Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Ford declined to comment on where Green would be held before his arraignment.

President Bush is right … throw away your hateful paint brush Murtha and others — stop before you open mouth and plant your fat foot in it:

President George W. Bush, speaking on CNN’s “Larry King Live” Thursday, said the Iraqis should understand that the allegations will be handled “in a very transparent upfront way.”

“People will be held to account if these charges are true,” Bush said.

But he also defended the U.S. military overall.

“What I don’t want to have happen is for people to then say, well, the U.S. military is full of these kind of people. That is not the case. Our military is fabulous.”

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