GIs cleared of misconduct in Iraqi village

[jasmeel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060603/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_haditha

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Saturday that it had found no wrongdoing by American troops accused of intentionally killing civilians during a raid in a village north of Baghdad that left up to 13 Iraqis dead.

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.

Besides Haditha and Ishaqi, seven Marines and a Navy corpsman could face murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges in the April shooting death of an Iraqi man west of Baghdad.

The investigation of the attack in Ishaqi concluded that the U.S. troops followed normal procedures in raising the level of force after they came under fire while approaching a building where they believed was an al-Qaida terrorist was hiding, said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S military spokesman.

[saigon68]

1. Another Cover-Up

Saw this assclown general on TV

He is in deep denial.

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate topic

topic can be found within this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2319087&mesg_id=2319087