-Marine Corps ignored'serious misconduct'
MrBrian
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Sat Apr 21, 11:49 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US Army general in charge of an investigation into the killings in the Iraqi town of Haditha has concluded that the Marine Corps had ignored "obvious" signs of "serious misconduct" by its troops.
The Washington Post said Major General Eldon Bargewell's report on Haditha is scathing in its criticism of the Marines' actions, from the enlisted men who were involved in the shootings on November 19, 2005, to the two-star general who commanded the 2nd Marine Division in Iraq at the time
Twenty-four Iraqi civilians were killed in the town after the marines went on a shooting spree, targeting unarmed men, women and children after a comrade, Miguel Terrazaz, was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol.
Bargewell's previously undisclosed report obtained by The Post found that officers may have willfully ignored reports of the civilian deaths to protect themselves and their units from blame, the paper said.
Though Bargewell found no specific coverup, he concluded that there also was no interest at any level in investigating allegations of a massacre, the report said.
"All levels of command tended to view civilian casualties, even in significant numbers, as routine and as the natural and intended result of insurgent tactics," the paper quotes Bargewell as writing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070421/pl_afp/usiraqmilitaryjustice
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US Army general in charge of an investigation into the killings in the Iraqi town of Haditha has concluded that the Marine Corps had ignored "obvious" signs of "serious misconduct" by its troops.
The Washington Post said Major General Eldon Bargewell's report on Haditha is scathing in its criticism of the Marines' actions, from the enlisted men who were involved in the shootings on November 19, 2005, to the two-star general who commanded the 2nd Marine Division in Iraq at the time
Twenty-four Iraqi civilians were killed in the town after the marines went on a shooting spree, targeting unarmed men, women and children after a comrade, Miguel Terrazaz, was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol.
Bargewell's previously undisclosed report obtained by The Post found that officers may have willfully ignored reports of the civilian deaths to protect themselves and their units from blame, the paper said.
Though Bargewell found no specific coverup, he concluded that there also was no interest at any level in investigating allegations of a massacre, the report said.
"All levels of command tended to view civilian casualties, even in significant numbers, as routine and as the natural and intended result of insurgent tactics," the paper quotes Bargewell as writing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070421/pl_afp/usiraqmilitaryjustice
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But they're all over the Taliban beheading thread.
I'll get your respect when I invade a country I'm sure.
but please, what positives? giving candy to kids? doing something "good" in a country they should not be in to begin with?
Let's stick with the subject/topic please.
It was a massacre of innocents. True.
I still think you're misguided and naive in your view of American soldiers, though.
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Then guide me. give me your view. I know we've done this before but, we can do this again. I don't mind.
Actually, I think you need to give your view. Start a new topic and tell us all how silly a glorified version of a boy scout you think our military is.
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I just looked up some older thread about this debate. I have no reason to start a new thread, i'll bump and older one that you ran from if you want.