BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi militant accused of killing three American soldiers in a grisly checkpoint ambush was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to death by hanging. Two other men accused in the 2006 deaths were acquitted. The killing of the three 101st Airborne Division soldiers was one of the most brazen attacks against U.S. forces since the Iraq war began in 2003. The case marked the first time an Iraqi investigative judge sent a case involving an Iraqi killing specific Americans to trial.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]