House Panel to Examine Iraq Raid Probe

[Eugene]

House Panel to Examine Iraq Raid Probe


Saturday May 20, 2006 12:01 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee will review the military's investigation
into an incident last year in western Iraq involving U.S. Marines that left
at least 15 civilians dead, the panel's chairman said Friday.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said a committee hearing will not address the
substance of the incident last November in Haditha but will review how the
investigation was carried out.

The military at first described the encounter as an ambush during a joint U.S.-
Iraqi patrol that involved a roadside bombing in which a Marine died and then
a firefight. However, residents of the neighborhood contended that only U.S.
forces were shooting after the explosion.

A day later, Arab television aired a videotape that showed images purportedly taken
in the aftermath of the encounter: a bloody bedroom floor, bullet holes in walls and
bodies of women and children. An Iraqi human rights group called for an investigation
of what it described as another deadly mistake that had harmed civilians.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5833326,00.html

[tularetom]

1. Let me get this straight

They don't give a shit that our Marines may have committed atrocities, but they DO give a shit that somebody investigated the fact that our Marines may have committed atrocities?

[thecrow]

2. Oh, those Republicans! Ever good for a laugh!

:sarcasm:

[One Honest Guy]

3. Hilarious! They want to investigate who blew the whistle.

Instead of trying to figure out who's guilty and what the punishment should be.