Marine Said Deadly Force in Haditha Seemed Appropriate
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SAN DIEGO, July 16 -- A Marine charged with murdering two Iraqi girls and killing other civilians in the town of Haditha believed he was following procedure by confronting a threat with deadly force, his attorney said Monday at the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing.
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An ex-Marine at the center of a probe into whether Camp Pendleton troops killed between five and 10 unarmed captives during a battle in Iraq is a hero who faced vicious enemies, his lawyer said Friday.
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U.S. Marines were so locked in   battle with Iraqi insurgents on the day 24 civilians were   killed in Haditha that a U.S. Marine officer considered bombing   a house where the insurgents took refuge, he told   investigators.
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SAN DIEGO -- The leader of a battalion involved in the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha should face a court-martial for dereliction of duty, the investigating officer recommended in a report obtained yesterday by the Associated Press.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California  - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha gunned down five unarmed men who were standing next to a car after a roadside bombing, a Marine from his squad told a military court on Friday.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., July 18 -- Two investigators who interviewed Marines accused of killing unarmed families in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005 told a military court that one of the men realized that he was targeting women and children but still proceeded to shoot them.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- In the week after Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, an angry group of townspeople went to the local military base alleging a "crime of war" and demanding an investigation, a military prosecutor said yesterday.
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The U.S. Marine Corps may need to grow to sustain commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan and remain ready for other crises, the force's new commander said on Wednesday.
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Authorities have received a credible tip that the Marine sought in a pregnant colleague's death has been seen out West, police said.
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain  - The death of 24   civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha in what witnesses there   say was a massacre by U.S. Marines is the subject of Nick   Broomfield's next movie, the British director said.
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Three senior U.S. Marine Corps officers have been sanctioned in connection with the killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, but it was determined they didn't commit any crimes, the Marine Corps said Wednesday.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., July 17 -- One of the Marines charged with murdering civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 knew that only women and children were huddled in a back bedroom in a house there, but he opened the door and shot them anyway, a squadmate testified Tuesday.
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The U.S. Marine accused of being the ringleader in the killing of 24 Iraqi men women and children in Haditha was arraigned on voluntary manslaughter charges on Wednesday and a judge set his court martial for February.
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A hearing begins to decide if a US marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha should be tried for murder.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Marine major implicated in the death of an Iraqi prisoner testified at his court-martial yesterday that he thought the prisoner was uncooperative.
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U.S. military officials say the   killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in   November appears to have been an unprovoked attack by U.S.   Marines, after an investigation found the victims died of   gunshot wounds, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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A probe into whether U.S. Marines lied   about the killing of up to 24 Iraqis in the city of Haditha   last year is complete and a top commander is reviewing its   findings, the U.S. military said on Friday.