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To: Road Walker who wrote (289655)	5/31/2006 11:15:08 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572749

These guys must have snapped...it's why war shoud be the last resort, not just rethorically, I mean really the last resort... Al =========================================== US probe finds Haditha victims were shot:NYT 1 hour, 28 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say the killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in November appears to have been an unprovoked attack by U.S. Marines, after an investigation found the victims died of gunshot wounds, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The findings of the investigation contradicted Marines' claims that the civilians were victims of a roadside bomb, the newspaper said. The Times report, citing an unidentified senior military official in Iraq, said the investigation in February and March led by Col. Gregory Watt, an Army officer in Baghdad, uncovered death certificates showing the Iraqis were shot mostly in the head and chest. The three-week probe was the first official investigation into the killings. "There were enough inconsistencies that things didn't add up," the senior official was quoted as saying by the Times. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, had been briefed on the conclusion of Watt's preliminary investigation, the newspaper said. The findings have not been made public. In an interview with CNN, new Iraqi ambassador to the United States Samir al-Sumaidaie said there appeared to have been other killings of civilians by Marines in Haditha, where some of his family lives. The ambassador said Marines shot and killed his cousin during a house-to-house search several months before the November incident. "I believe he was killed intentionally. I believe that he was killed unnecessarily," al-Sumaidaie said. He said three other unarmed youths were shot dead by Marines in a later incident in the area. "They were in a car, they were unarmed, I believe, and they were shot." Watt's investigation also reviewed cash payments totaling $38,000 made within weeks of the November shootings to families of victims, The New York Times said. In an interview with the newspaper on Tuesday, Maj. Dana Hyatt said his superiors told him to compensate the relatives of 15 victims, but the other dead civilians had been determined to have committed hostile acts, leaving their families ineligible for compensation. The U.S. military sometimes pays compensation to relatives of civilian victims. Residents of Haditha, 200 km (125 miles) northwest of Baghdad in an area that has seen much activity by Sunni Arab insurgents, have told Reuters that U.S. Marines attacked houses after their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb. On November 20, U.S. Marines spokesman Captain Jeffrey Pool issued a statement saying that, on the previous day, a roadside bomb had killed 15 civilians and a Marine. In a later gunbattle, U.S. and Iraqi troops had killed eight insurgents, he added. U.S. military officials have since confirmed to Reuters that that version of the events of November 19 was wrong and that the 15 civilians were not killed by the blast but were shot dead.

To: Road Walker who wrote (289655)	6/7/2006 4:56:15 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572749

Murtha: It's Time to Redeploy In Light of Atrocity Investigation, Rep. Murtha Says U.S. Is Losing the Iraqi People May 30, 2006— - The investigation into whether U.S. Marines killed 24 unarmed civilians -- many of them women and children -- in the Iraqi city of Haditha last November has broken the heart of a congressman, who wonders whether there was an attempted cover-up. Its amazing how resilient he is. No matter what they throw at him, he doesn't flinch. Harris, listen up..........you might learn something. If you want to know a real American is like, check out Murtha.