Marine cleared over Haditha Massacre
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- merasyad
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A US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
Lt Andrew Grayson had been charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements - charges he denied. He had been accused of instructing a sergeant to delete digital photographs of the incident.
Four marines and four officers were initially charged in the case, but the case against five of them was dropped. The marines were charged with murder and the officers with failing to investigate the deaths. The trial is being held at Camp Pendleton, a military base in California. Lt Grayson was the first to be tried.
The killings occurred after a roadside bomb in Haditha on 19 November 2005 left one marine dead and injured two others. The US military at first reported that the Iraqis had been killed by that explosion, or in a subsequent gunfight with insurgents.
But Iraqi witnesses said the US troops shot dead five unarmed men when they approached the scene of the bombing in a car. The troops were then accused going to nearby houses and killing 19 other civilians.
There was no full US investigation into what happened until January 2006, when video footage emerged of the aftermath, filmed by a local human rights activist.
Lt Andrew Grayson had been charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements - charges he denied. He had been accused of instructing a sergeant to delete digital photographs of the incident.
Four marines and four officers were initially charged in the case, but the case against five of them was dropped. The marines were charged with murder and the officers with failing to investigate the deaths. The trial is being held at Camp Pendleton, a military base in California. Lt Grayson was the first to be tried.
The killings occurred after a roadside bomb in Haditha on 19 November 2005 left one marine dead and injured two others. The US military at first reported that the Iraqis had been killed by that explosion, or in a subsequent gunfight with insurgents.
But Iraqi witnesses said the US troops shot dead five unarmed men when they approached the scene of the bombing in a car. The troops were then accused going to nearby houses and killing 19 other civilians.
There was no full US investigation into what happened until January 2006, when video footage emerged of the aftermath, filmed by a local human rights activist.
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u.s. soldiers and policepeople all over the world for that matter should have to have a basic digital video recorder in their helmet that goes into a public database. i already made one for myself.
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Another can of worms being sealed tight.
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That's so fucked up. That prick should be in prison for life.
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And people wonder why they want us gone
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That's interesting, because the stories that I'm reading say that the Iraqis want a security deal with the United States and want our soldiers to stay there on jointly operated bases.
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Murtha should be brought up on charges of Treason and Time Magazine should be shut down for publishing a terrorist Press release as a news story.
Word is that is that Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani is going to sue Murtha. Good for him.-
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- anthonyvop
- 3 months ago
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