TIKRIT, Iraq – U.S. investigators have asked Iraqi authorities to help them navigate cultural sensitivities to exhume the body of a teenager allegedly raped and murdered with her family by American soldiers, a military official said Saturday.

U.S. Maj. Mark Wright said U.S. authorities are aware that Islamic tradition has strict rules governing exhumation and could require religious leaders to become involved in the investigation.

‘You want to be aware of these cultural issues while at the same time making sure that the accused receives proper justice,’ Wright, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, told The Associated Press.
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so glad to hear they are ‘aware.’

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