Ex-US soldier guilty of Iraqi girl's rape, massacre

A US federal jury has found former soldier Steven Dale Green guilty of raping an Iraqi teenager and then executing the girl and her family, court officials said.

Green, who was discharged from the army due to a "personality disorder" before his role in the atrocity came to light, was found guilty on all 17 criminal counts which included rape, murder and obstruction of justice.

A jury will determine whether he should receive the death penalty at a sentencing hearing which is set to begin on Monday (US time).

Green's mother, father and brother - who were not present during the trial at Green's request - are scheduled to testify on his behalf.

Green, 19 at the time of the crime, was described as the trigger-man in the group of five men who donned black "ninja" outfits and raped Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, 14, and shot to death her and her father, mother and six-year-old sister.

The 2006 incident unfolded after the soldiers drank whiskey, played cards, and plotted the attack in Mahmudiya, 30 kilometres south of Baghdad.