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Thursday, 21 December 2006
Marines charged with murdering civilians

4 Marines face murder charges, 4 others with failure to report killings of 24 civilians in Haditha last year

8 Marines Charges in Killing of 24 Iraqi Civilians in Haditha

SAN DIEGO —  A Marine Corps squad leader was charged Thursday with murdering 12 people and ordering Marines under his command to murder six other people during an incident that left 24 civilians dead in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year.

The squad leader was one of eight Marines charged in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving killings to arise from the war in Iraq. The others included four officers accused of failures in investigating and reporting the incident, the Marine Corps said.

The squad leader, Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, 26, was charged with unpremeditated murder of 18 Iraqi civilians, including six people inside a house members of his squad cleared with deadly force. Wuterich also faces a charge of making a false official statement and a charge of soliciting another sergeant to make false official statements.

Allahpundit has more here.

Posted by Bill Faith on December 21, 2006 at 06:23 PM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, US Marine Corps | Permalink

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