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Marines charged with murder
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Action caps US military investigation into deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq
CAMP PENDLETON The US military has charged four Marines with murder and four others with dereliction of duty in the 2005 killing of 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq, scene of what Iraqi witnesses say was a massacre by American troops. The charges cap a military investigation into the deaths of the two dozen men, women and children on November 19, 2005, which along with the widely publicised abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, have damaged US prestige and led to international condemnation. The incident at Haditha has already been called a “terrible crime” by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki. In announcing the charges at Camp Pendleton, California, Marine Col. Stewart Navarre said, “The Marine Corps is a close-knit brotherhood so it is difficult for any Marine to countenance the fact that other Marines might have done something wrong.” Iraqi witnesses say enraged Marines shot the civilians in their homes to retaliate for the death of a popular comrade, Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, who was ripped in half by a bomb that exploded under a convoy rolling through Haditha, some 60 miles (96 km) north of Baghdad. Navarre said a press release issued the day after the killings was wrong in reporting that 15 Iraqi civilians were killed by a roadside bomb and that Marines and Iraqi army soldiers killed eight insurgents in a subsequent firefight. “We now know with certainty the press release was incorrect and that none of the civilians were killed by the IED (improvised explosive device) explosion,” Navarre said. Marine Corps squad leader Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, 26, who led the squad investigated in connection with the incident, was charged with the unpremeditated murder, soliciting another to commit and offense and making a false official statement. The charges against Wuterich cover the deaths of 12 individual victims and the deaths of six people in a single house. Others charged with murder are Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, 24, Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, 22, and Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum, 25. The remaining Marines are charged with dereliction of duty in failing to properly report and/or investigate the deaths. Wuterich’s attorney, Neal Puckett, told reporters his client denied that civilians were killed unlawfully. “We’ve seen death sneak up on our Marines ... without any notice. That puts people on a hair trigger as far as protecting themselves.Everything (Wuterich) did that day was to protect his Marines from any further harm after the IED went off. (Reuters) |
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