Another Abu Ghraib

[Darth Garth]

Officials briefed on preliminary results of the inquiry said the civilians killed at Haditha, a lawless, insurgent-plagued city deep in Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, did not die from a makeshift bomb, as the military first reported, or in cross-fire between marines and attackers, as was later announced. A separate inquiry has begun to find whether the events were deliberately covered up.

Evidence indicates that the civilians were killed during a sustained sweep by a small group of marines that lasted three to five hours and included shootings of five men standing near a taxi at a checkpoint, and killings inside at least two homes that included women and children, officials said.

That evidence, described by Congressional, Pentagon and military officials briefed on the inquiry, suggested to one Congressional official that the killings were "methodical in nature."

Congressional and military officials say the Naval Criminal Investigative Service inquiry is focusing on the actions of a Marine Corps staff sergeant serving as squad leader at the time, but that Marine officials have told members of Congress that up to a dozen other marines in the unit are also under investigation. Officials briefed on the inquiry said that most of the bullets that killed the civilians were now thought to have been "fired by a couple of rifles," as one of them put it.

http://www.pekingduck.org/archives/003724.php

 

[Angelo]

There seems to be no end in sight for US military action against innocent people, what's next?

 

[supersunbird]

I agree with tibby and Angelo ( ), its wrong. **** Bush!

Compare it to Apartheid times, say the US came here to "give us democrazy" back then, and killed all kinds of black, white, indian and whatever other people. The people on the forum who are Bush apologists, would you have gone "In the end its gonna be worth it" or whatever blishblash you mumble if they had blasted away your family?

 

[killadoob]

I DISAGREE if south africa was like this after bush did that

then it would be worth it
wouldnt it?

 

[supersunbird]

We'd be even worse than now...