http://news.yahoo.com/...
"A third set of allegations that U.S. troops have deliberately killed civilians is fueling a furor in Iraq and drawing strong condemnations from government and human rights official. "It looks like the killing of Iraqi civilians is becoming a daily phenomenon," the chairman of the Iraqi Human Rights Association, Muayed al-Anbaki, said Friday after video ran on television of children and adults slain in a raid in Ishaqi in March. "
"In addition to the Haditha case, in which Marines are alleged to have gunned down 24 civilians in a rage of revenge for a bombing that killed a Marine in November, seven Marines and a Navy corpsman could face murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges as early as Friday in the April shooting death of an Iraqi man, a defense attorney said Thursday."
The outrage has taken time in building. Slowly the dulled sensibilities of Iraqi establishment and elite are waking up. What took them so long?
Another thing I don't understand - Isn't the whole mission one of murder? Are there sane people thinking otherwise? Then why should only 'seven Marines and a Navy corpsman' be charged? why not their Commander-in-Chief and the entire hierarchy? The effort at miltary investigations is to limit the charges to the executors of the crime not the masterminds. May as well charge the rifles, the grenades, and other inanimate objects used in these atrocities, and let the real criminals go scot-free!