CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., Nov 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine who admitted a role in the killing of an Iraqi grandfather in Hamdania was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday under the terms of a plea deal. The Marine, John Jodka, the second defendant sentenced in the April 26 murder of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, last month pleaded guilty of charges of assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan (L), whose son Casey was killed during combat in Iraq in April 2004, hugs Hwang Pil-soon, the mother of village headman Kim Ji-tae, during a news conference in Seoul November 20, 2006. Kim is in jail for protesting against the expansion of a U.S. military base in Pyongtaek. A delegation of U.S. peace and social justice activists led by Sheehan arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a six-day visit to object to the expansion of Camp Humphrey, the U.S. military base in Pyongtaek, and to protest against a plan for a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the U.S. The words on the signs read, "Renegotiate for expansion of U.S. military base!" (L) and "Release village headman Kim Ji-tae!"
