Madrid ( CNN ) -- A Spanish judge has again indicted three U.S. soldiers in connection with the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq in 2003 , according to a court order viewed by CNN Wednesday . The long-running case stems from the death of the cameraman , Jose Couso in Baghdad in 2003 . U.S. troops assaulted the Iraqi capital and directed tank fire against the Palestine Hotel , where journalists covering the war were staying . The three U.S. soldiers were first indicted by the judge in 2007 . The case was closed in 2008 but reopened last year after Couso 's family appealed to Spain 's Supreme Court . The latest indictment , dated Tuesday but made public on Wednesday , alleges that the three U.S. troops were linked to U.S. tank fire directed against the hotel , where Couso was videotaping the battle . He died from his wounds shortly afterward . The three , identified as Philip de Camp , Phillip Wolford and Thomas Gibson , were assigned to the U.S. 3rd Infantry , based in Fort Stewart , Georgia . In addition to Couso , the tank fire on April 8 , 2003 , also killed a Reuters cameraman , Ukrainian-born Taras Protsyuk . National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz issued the latest indictment and also ordered the three soldiers to each post bond of one million euros ( $ 1.33 million ) within 24 hours or face an embargo order on their assets , the court order said . In addition , the judge placed two senior U.S. officers , identified as Buford Blount and Col. David Perkins , under official investigation in the case , which is a step short of an indictment under Spanish law . Couso 's family and some journalists have blamed the U.S. military , saying they should have known the Palestine Hotel , a tall structure in Baghdad , was a base for journalists , not combatants . Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said American troops fired only after receiving hostile fire from the hotel and the matter received the highest attention , from then-President George W. Bush and then-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar . Couso 's lawyer has previously said it would be difficult to put the three indicted soldiers -- the tank commander , a sergeant , and a superior officer -- on trial in Spain . The Pentagon , faced with similar charges from other national courts in the past , has not turned over American soldiers . Earlier in the long legal battle , a three-judge panel at the National Court in 2006 ruled that Spain had no jurisdiction in the case . The judges ruled that U.S. troops thought they were firing on Iraqis at the hotel serving as spotters for Iraqi artillery fire aimed at American troops , and that the civilian deaths were not intentional .
NEW : A national court judge ordered the soldiers to post a three euro bond . The long-running case stems from the death of a cameraman . The 1 million Baghdad soldiers were first indicted by the judge in 2003 .