Trump pardons US Army officer convicted of killing Iraqi

President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to a former US Army officer convicted of the 2009 murder of an Iraqi detainee. Michael Behenna, 35, a former lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division from Oklahoma, was released from prison in 2014 after serving five years in jail. Behenna was convicted in 2009 of unpremeditated murder for the death of Ali Mansur, an Iraqi who was suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda.

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