Haditha: Six to eight Marines to be charged?
posted at 1:27 pm on September 17, 2006 by Allahpundit
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As early as next week, say Time’s sources. The charges could include murder, the punishments could be capital.
They’ve got an exclusive interview with Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who led the assault. His attorneys told him not to talk about the case so details are limited to descriptions of his boots and tattoos. The piece does give you a taste, though, of the personal and professional limbo the suspects have found themselves in since the news first broke.
A better use of your time is Blackfive’s interview with Capt. James Kimber, who was relieved of command shortly after Haditha — despite not having been in the city that day.
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This story angers me on a couple of different levels but that picture of Murtha is too much.
Can someone please photoshop a ball gag on that disgrace?
Rosetta on September 17, 2006 at 1:58 PM
This is a disgrace. This actually reminds me of a book I read called A War Like No Other, it was about the Peloponnesian. It said that whenever an Athenian general made a blunder or lost a battle or something like that, he would be recalled to Athens to stand trial and, in all likelyhood, be executed.
How many more Ilario Pantanos are going to be stabbed in the back for doing what their country asked of them, and doing it well?
Wolfman on September 17, 2006 at 6:48 PM
I question the timing. With elections coming up this helps Murtha, and another political motivation could be the pressure being brought to bear by Iraqis who claim the U.S. is stonewalling some investigations.
I continue to believe that our troops are innocent. If there were any real proof against them they would have been tried [sp] months ago.
DannoJyd on September 17, 2006 at 7:26 PM
Have the investigators been able to autopsy the bodies of those alleged victims of this attack? I seem to recall that the investigators were being stonewalled by the families of the victims who didn’t want the exhumations to go forward.
So, instead of a thorough investigation that could reveal exculpatory evidence, those soldiers may be facing testimony from people who aren’t exactly neutral observers.
lawhawk on September 17, 2006 at 10:54 PM