Seriously, if this horror is true.
- From: "Greg Preston" <survivor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 20:59:57 +0100
If this horror of horrors is true, then those good, decent and honest
members of the US forces MUST be publically distanced from the USMC, Many
honourable and brave Americans are fighting Bushes illegal war in Iraq and
most of them like the US army are good people, moral rightous and basically
decent, dont let the US army get tarred with the same brush as the USMC.
US 'winding up' Iraq deaths probe
An investigation into claims that US marines may have deliberately killed
civilians in Iraq is nearing its end, the Pentagon says.
Official accounts from the Iraqi city of Haditha in November said 15 people
were killed by a bomb and firefight.
But reports in the US press say as many as 24 people may have died, and that
murder charges may be in preparation.
Moves are being made to prepare the public, perhaps for something shocking,
says a BBC correspondent in Washington.
A defence department spokesman said he believed the inquiry into Haditha -
being carried out by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service - was nearing
an end.
But he would not say what investigators had found, and added that he did not
expect an announcement on charges in the next few days.
Conflicting accounts
What took place in Haditha on 19 November last year is not clear.
There is the risk of becoming indifferent to the loss of a human life
Gen Michael Hagee
US marine corps commander
The US military said in statements issued after the incident that 15 Iraqi
civilians had been killed by the blast of a roadside bomb, or in a
subsequent firefight between US marines and insurgents.
But local Iraqis told a different story.
The criminal investigation has been seeking to establish whether or not the
marines killed civilians in cold blood.
A 10-year-old girl told The Times of London this weekend that US soldiers
deliberately shot and killed almost her entire family as she lay hiding in
the corner.
Iman Hassan described how she heard the dying groans of her grandfather,
mother, father, two uncles and a young cousin.
The Los Angeles Times has also reported that investigators have concluded
that marines went on the rampage, killing unarmed civilians, including women
and children, after a marine was killed by a roadside bomb.
According to this account, up to a dozen marines were involved either in the
incident, or covering it up afterwards.
The LA Times says investigators are preparing to call for charges including
murder, negligent homicide, dereliction of duty and filing a false report.
The BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington says it certainly seems that public
opinion in America is being prepared for the possibility that the
investigators' findings will be shocking.
'Cold blood'
On Thursday, John Warner, chairman the Senate Armed Services Committee, said
there were "established facts that incidents of a very serious nature did
take place".
The commander of the US marine corps, Gen Michael Hagee, flew to Iraq the
same day and said the scenes and experiences faced by marines "can be
numbing".
"There is the risk of becoming indifferent to the loss of a human life, as
well as bringing dishonour upon ourselves," he said.
Last week John Murtha, a Democrat member of the House of Representatives and
a retired marine said US troops in Haditha "overreacted because of the
pressure on them.
"They killed innocent civilians in cold blood. And that's what the report is
going to tell."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/5022380.stm
Published: 2006/05/27 11:56:40 GMT
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