8 Marines Charged With Iraqi Killings - Political Forum

CHUQ · #1 (**permalink**) 12-22-2006, 05:25 AM

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Eight Marines were charged Thursday in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians last year during a bloody, door-to-door sweep in the town of Haditha that came after one of their comrades was killed by a roadside bomb.
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In the biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths to come out of the
Iraq war, four of the Marines — all enlisted men — were charged with unpremeditated murder.

The other four were officers who were not there during the killings but were accused of failures in investigating and reporting the deaths.

Marines charged in Iraqi civilian deaths - Yahoo! News

CHUQ · #2 (**permalink**) 12-22-2006, 05:27 AM

Seems to be a bit of a disagreement about where to hold trial.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Some Iraqis said Thursday that U.S. military plans to charge Marines in the shooting deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians were a sham, and that the American troops should face justice in Iraq.

As many as eight Marines could be charged in the killings, which took place on Nov. 19, 2005, in the Iraqi town of Haditha, northwest of Baghdad. In terms of the number slain, the expected U.S. criminal case is the biggest to emerge from the war.

"The trial they are talking about is fake," said Naji al-Ani, a 36-year-old laborer, by telephone from Haditha. "The American troops should be brought here, in front of an Iraqi court. They committed a horrible crime against innocents.

Iraqis: Marines in Haditha case should be tried in Iraq - USATODAY.com

Tumbleweed · #3 (**permalink**) 12-22-2006, 05:32 AM

Just when you think our image couldn't get any worse.

CHUQ · #4 (**permalink**) 12-23-2006, 04:38 AM

If these men committed the crime they should be held accountable. But to what extent?

CHUQ · #5 (**permalink**) 01-10-2007, 06:24 AM

At least one was diagnosed as homocidal before the attack.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - An Army private charged with the slaughter of an Iraqi family was diagnosed as a homicidal threat by a military mental health team three months before the attack.

Pfc. Steven D. Green was found to have "homicidal ideations" after seeking help from an Army Combat Stress Team in Iraq on Dec. 21, 2005. Green, who grew up in Midland, Texas, said he was angry about the war, desperate to avenge the death of comrades and driven to kill Iraqi citizens, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.

The treatment was several small doses of Seroquel - a drug to regulate his mood - and a directive to get some sleep, according to medical records obtained by the AP. The next day, he returned to duty in the particularly violent stretch of desert in the southern Baghdad suburbs known as the "Triangle of Death."

AP Wire | 01/09/2007 | U.S. soldier accused of murder had been diagnosed as homicidal

Do you see anything out of the ordinarry?