United States marines plead guilty to Iraq abuse

Two United States Marines have pleaded guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner they were guarding at a temporary detention centre south of Baghdad in early April.

Privates Andrew Sting and Jeremiah Trefney, both 19, entered their pleas at a May 14 court-martial in Iraq, according to a statement by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.

Both were infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.

Herald Feature: Iraq