This Is a Damned Shameful Thing If Proven True
Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.
I can’t see where criminal charges wouldn’t be coming (as indeed they should) based on these initial findings. At least we’ll have a chance to hear what the Marines have to say in their defense. And it would appear military authorities are being thorough in investigating all aspects.
A parallel investigation is examining whether officers in the Marines’ chain of command tried to cover up the events.
Sort it out and nail the bad guys.
Military Thingies | tree hugging sister | 
August 2, 2006 10:36 am
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You’re darn right they should be charged. And then some of them should probably get the needle, based on their own lawyers’ statements.
What a service even the suggestion of a massacre has done the other side. Like someone said about the Abu Ghraib cretins, “The six idiots that lost the war…”