12 Marines may be court martialed over Iraqi civilian massacre

[Roland99]

A dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre
http://marinetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1823925.php

Marines will face criminal charges for a Nov. 19 incident that left 24 Iraqi civilians dead, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee confirmed Wednesday to Marine Corps Times.

While not revealing who will be charged, or the severity of the charges, Hagee said the investigation shows mistakes were made that will result in courts-martial.

Hagee’s comments came after a late-in-the-day briefing with Sens. John W. Warner, R-Va., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman and ranking Democrat of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

He was visiting Capitol Hill in anticipation of the release of two investigative reports, which are expected to show that among the 24 civilians killed in Hadithah, 125 miles northwest of Baghdad, five of the victims — all unarmed — were shot in a car with no warning, according to Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., who received a briefing earlier in the afternoon.

I wonder just how much dog-and-pony will see in this trial?

[Beelzebud]

1. Last december a guy on leave from Iraq, broke my friends leg in a bar

fighting over a game of pool. My friend was standing there when the person he was with got into it with a marine on leave from Iraq. The marine, who had a buddy with him also on leave, beat my friends buddy up, and after they were done, one of them did a drop kick right to my friends leg (who wasn't even involved in the fight) breaking it.

After that I realized one thing: Not everyone that enlists for service does it for noble reasons. Some of them just like to kill and hurt people.

This guy and his buddy were PROUD of what they had just done. My friend is laying there with a freshly broken leg, for nothing.

[Imagevision]

2. They were instructed to kill, what do you expect!

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Evillllllll

Who is guilty?

They dont have choice but go fight this war.
They fighting a war to occupy a country
They fighting a war where the people are fighting back
They do not know who is the enemies
They fighting to stay alive
Evilllllllllll

Bush started a WAR based on lies
Bush started an illegal war to invade and occupy a country
Evillllllllll

B_loody U_nfit S_ub H_uman
bush should court martialed with these marines too

How many Americans must be guilty of war crimes before bush is found guilty

[Redstone]

4. Good. No fucking excuses about "the stress of combat." Murder is

murder, plain and simple.

And yes, I've been in that situation, thank you very much. There's no excuse for killing civilians. None.

Redstone