[CPProt.net] U.S. Officer Sentenced in Looting of Iraqi Items

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U.S. Officer Sentenced in Looting of Iraqi Items
>From Times Wire Reports

May 21, 2005

An Air Force officer was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissed from
service for illegally shipping home from Iraq a small arsenal of automatic
weapons and hundreds of other war souvenirs. 

Among the items taken by Maj. Gregory McMillion, 44, was a statue looted
from an Iraqi museum, about 30 automatic rifles, six rocket-propelled
grenade launchers, 1,183 Iraqi army berets and eight full uniforms. 

He was found guilty in a non-jury court-martial Thursday at Eglin Air Force
Base of charges that included violating an order against taking war
trophies.