U.S. soldier convicted of indecent acts in Iraq

February 23, 2007
U.S. soldier convicted of indecent acts in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was convicted of indecent acts and lying after he attempted to force himself on a junior U.S. soldier in her room at a base in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Friday.

A U.S. statement said Sergeant Daniel Edwards Franklin followed a 19-year-old private to her room at a U.S. military logistics base called Anaconda, north of Baghdad, in October.

"He attempted to force intimate contact upon the soldier," the statement said, adding that Franklin had also lied during an investigation and on the witness stand, saying that he was only in her room for five minutes and never touched her.