Madrid- Spain's National Court on Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for three US soldiers on charges of causing the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso during the Iraq conflict in April 2003, judicial sources said. Judge Santiago Pedraz is seeking the extradition of Sergeant Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford and Lieutenant Colonel Philip de Camp of the third armoured infantry division.
Pedraz also requested information about the possibility to seize property of the US administration in Spain as a guarantee in case the US is ordered to pay damages.
The Couso family's lawyer Leopoldo Torres has requested the three soldiers to pay a million dollars and the US administration to pay the same sum as a cautionary measure.
The soldiers fired or ordered others to fire at the Baghdad hotel where Couso was staying, fatally wounding the cameraman, who worked for the Spanish television station Telecinco.
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