Marine says found live children among Haditha dead

Source: Reuters



Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08596059.htm

will never forget the deaths of their families....ever...

Redstone

Because after all was said and done only one man was convicted and he only did 4½ months at a military prison at Fort Leavenworth.

Can you believe he was running the military for so long? Okay, yes, we can all believe it. We lived through it. It's just so....unbelievable.

More from the article. Haditha, Fallujah, places whose names haven't made it into the news, I am so sorry.

Source: Associated Press

Marine: Squad leader shot unarmed Iraqis

By THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press Writer
45 minutes ago

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine squad leader who led an attack that
killed 24 Iraqi civilians shot five men as they stood with their hands up
and told comrades to lie about it, a Marine sergeant testified Wednesday.

Sgt. Sanick P. Dela Cruz said that in the moments after a roadside bomb
hit a Humvee in his convoy Nov. 19, 2005, killing a comrade, he saw five
men standing by a white car with their hands interlocked behind their
heads. The squad leader, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, then fired about
six to eight rounds at the men, Dela Cruz testified.

"They were just standing, looking around, had hands up," Dela Cruz said.
"Then I saw one of them drop in the middle. I didn't know what was going
on, sir. Looked to my left, saw Staff Sergeant Wuterich shooting."

Dela Cruz spoke at a preliminary hearing for Capt. Randy Stone, a Marine
lawyer from Dunkirk, Md. Stone is accused along with three officers of
dereliction of duty for failing to investigate the deaths.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510/ap_on_re_us/marines_haditha_8

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Source: Reuters

Marine says urinated on dead Iraqi at Haditha

By Marty Graham
22 minutes ago

CAMP PENDLETON, California (Reuters) - Angered that a beloved member
of his squad had been killed in an explosion, a U.S. Marine urinated on
one of the 24 dead Iraqi civilians killed by his unit in Haditha, the Marine
testified on Wednesday.

Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, who has immunity from prosecution after murder
charges against him were dismissed, also said he watched his squad leader
shoot down five Iraqi civilians who were trying to surrender.

In dramatic testimony in a pretrial hearing for one of the seven Marines
charged in the November 2005 Haditha killings and alleged cover-up, Dela
Cruz described his bitterness after a roadside bomb ripped Lance Cpl.
Miguel Terrazas, known as T.J., into two bloody pieces.

"I know it was a bad thing what I've done, but I done it because I was
angry T.J. was dead and I pissed on one Iraqi's head," said an
unemotional Dela Cruz in a military courtroom in Camp Pendleton, north
of San Diego, California.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/ts_nm/iraq_haditha_dc_5

The NAZI executioners at Auschwitz were following proceedures and orders too.
The War Crimes tribunal at Nuremberg found that this is not a legitimate defense.