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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (743211)	6/21/2006 1:35:58 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

WASHINGTON - The Marine Corps on Wednesday planned to charge seven Marines and one sailor with murder in connection with the April death of an Iraqi civilian, a defense official said. At Camp Pendleton, Calif., where the eight accused service members have been held in a military brig since late May, officials announced that a news conference would be held later Wednesday concerning the alleged killing of the Iraqi in the village of Hamdania. The announcement did not mention murder or other charges. The official who disclosed the Marine plans asked not to be identified publicly because the announcement was still pending. The allegation is that Marines pulled an unarmed Iraqi man from his home on April 26 and shot him to death without provocation. Seven Marines and one Navy corpsman from the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment were taken out of Iraq and put in the brig pending the filing of any charges against them.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (743211)	6/21/2006 1:51:18 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

The left has wet dreams of criminalizing conservatism.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (743211)	6/21/2006 1:52:29 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

this is from the fox article "The investigation of the March 15 attack on a home in the town of Ishaqi was one of three probes into possible misconduct by American troops in Iraq. U.S. Marines are also accused of deliberately killing two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians in the western town of Haditha on Nov. 19 after one of their own died in a roadside bombing."

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (743211)	6/21/2006 3:26:09 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

you get over it here is another wingnut trusted "news" source on the story, making clear that this incident is different from haditha, where there are still two investigations under way U.S. Troops Cleared in Iraqi Raid Probe NewsMax.com Wires Saturday, June 3, 2006 WASHINGTON -- A military investigation into allegations that U.S. troops intentionally killed Iraqi civilians in a March 15 raid in a village north of Baghdad has cleared the troops of misconduct, two defense officials said Friday. The investigation concluded that the U.S. troops followed proper procedures in raising the level of force as they came under attack upon approaching a building where they believed an al-Qaida terrorist was hiding, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the results had not been publicly released. The investigation concluded that no troops committed acts that merited disciplinary action, they added. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division reviewed the results of the investigation and found no reason to probe further, the officials said. The nighttime raid was conducted in the village of Ishaqi, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, by a ground assault force. After being fired upon from the targeted building, the soldiers pulled back and called in airstrikes by an Air Force AC-130 gunship, which attacked and collapsed the building, the defense officials said. Local Iraqis said there were 11 total dead, and contended that they were killed by U.S. troops before the house was leveled. The incident came months after an alleged massacre by Marines of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November. The military is still conducting two investigations into the Haditha case, one to see if U.S. troops committed crimes there and a second to see if the actions were covered up. One defense official said the investigation into the circumstances of the Ishaqi attack found that four people in the building were killed by U.S. forces, including two women and a child. The main target of the attack, said by U.S. intelligence to be an al-Qaida figure, ran from the building but was later captured, the official said. Although it has been known that U.S. air power was involved in the assault on the building in Ishaqi, it was not previously reported that there was an AC-130 gunship, a devastating weapon capable of operating at night and pummeling its target with side-firing guns, including a 105mm cannon. The gunship is flown by Air Force Special Operations crews. Footage shot by an AP Television News cameraman at the location showed at least five children dead and at least one adult male and four of the children with deep head wounds that could have been caused by bullets or shrapnel. The inside of the walls left standing were pocked with bullet holes. Iraqi Police Capt. Laith Mohammed said the March 15 attack that hit Ishaqi involved U.S. warplanes and armor. Riyadh Majid, who identified himself as the nephew of Faez Khalaf, the household head who was killed, told AP at the time that U.S. forces landed in helicopters and raided the home. Khalaf's brother, Ahmed, said nine of the victims were family members who lived at the house and two were visitors.