Haditha's last defendant

[Meeker Morgan]

Haditha's last defendant
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_60253373-7741-5b9d-8a66-91e832851030.html

t was a signature event of the Iraq war: A squad of Camp Pendleton troops hit by a roadside bomb kills two dozen civilians, including several women and children, as they hunt for their attackers.

Initially dismissed as an unfortunate result of combat, the attack in the city of Haditha in late 2005 that left one Marine and two others injured was later branded a massacre after a congressman alleged the troops had "killed in cold blood."

It changed the way U.S. troops conducted themselves on the battlefield.

Eight Marines were charged with criminal wrongdoing. But years later and after a series of exonerations, only one defendant remains: Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich.

Wuterich is due in a base courtroom next month where his attorneys will argue that the nine counts of voluntary manslaughter and related charges against him should be dismissed.

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Wish I knew what is really going on.

[sharesunited]

1. Justice has not been done regarding the Haditha killings.

Charges have been dropped in exchange for testimony or without any adequate explanation at all.

It is impossible to whitewash this intentional killing of non-combatants.

The only objective has been to spare troop morale and appease bloodthirsty sympathizers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_killings