Analysis: U.S. braces for Marine scandal
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The U.S. military is bracing for a major scandal over the alleged slaying of Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha &amp;#151; charges so serious they could threaten President Bush&#039;s effort to rally support at home for an increasingly unpopular war.
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BOGOT&#xC1; -- Just two weeks ahead of a high-profile visit by President Bush to Latin America, the United States' key partner on the continent is engulfed in an extraordinary scandal that threatens to undermine the credibility of US alliances and policy priorities from Mexico to Argentina.
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A U.S. Marine has been charged with  premeditated murder and could face the death penalty for  shooting two Iraqi men during a vehicle search near a weapons  cache in Iraq last year, the Marine's attorney said on  Thursday.
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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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SAN DIEGO, California  - The military officer overseeing the case against a U.S. Marine charged with murder in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha has recommended that the charges be dropped.
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U.S. Marines could face criminal   charges, including murder, over the deaths of up to two dozen   Iraqi civilians last year, a defense official said on Friday.
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Coast Guard divers prowl the depths of the St. Johns River and inspect the hulls of cruise ships here. Federal helicopters fitted with crowd-surveillance cameras soar overhead. Hundreds of manholes have been locked down, and thousands of security forces are poised to hit the streets.
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A judge may throw out criminal  charges against a U.S. Marine accused of killing an Iraqi  prisoner in an American-run jail near Nasiriayah because of  problems with the evidence, a Marine Corps spokesman at Camp  Pendleton in California said on Friday.
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The fallout from the killing of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians by Marines could undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq more than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal did, a lawmaker who is a prominent war critic said Sunday.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California  - U.S. commanders' belief in their Marines blinded them to the reality of events that led to the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005, military prosecutors said on Monday.
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President Bush said Wednesday he was troubled by allegations that U.S. Marines had killed unarmed Iraqi civilians and that, &quot;If in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment.&quot;
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The U.S. ambassador visited Okinawa on Wednesday to quell rising anger over the arrest of an American Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl Â the type of crime that sparked massive protests against the U.S. military in the 1990s.
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Three marines in the Individual Ready Reserve face potential discipline for taking antiwar stands.
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The GOP base, eroded by scandals and an unpopular war, appear ready to take down some of their own
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The senior officer in charge of the US Marines who have taken Fallujah said yesterday that a full investigation would be made into possible war crimes after one of his troops was captured
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Alleged confessions appear to form the crux of the government's case against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in an Iraqi man's slaying last April.
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The U.S. Marine accused of leading his unit in killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 will face voluntary manslaughter and other charges but not more serious murder charges, officials said on Monday.