Word: haditha
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...extent of the crimes was discovered, he is being tried in a civilian court, where federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. He faces 17 counts of conspiracy, rape, murder, unlawful use of a weapon and obstruction of justice. (See TIME's story on another Iraqi killing spree, in Haditha...
...military presence in Iraq since 2003 has produced, in the eyes of many Iraqis, a lengthy list of alleged crimes by U.S. troops with scant signs of justice. Episodes include the Abu Graib prison abuse scandal in 2004 and the killing of 24 civilians by Marines in Haditha in 2005. Those cases and many other lesser known ones have gone to U.S. military courts. But few Iraqis view the distant proceedings as providing adequate accountability, especially considering the high number of acquittals and the paucity of convictions to date...
...Iraqi had gotten a weapon through all the checkpoints to try to carry out an attack on that stretch of road. The contention over what happened - with the Iraqi accounts at odds with the initial U.S. report - had overtones of other controversial episodes, including the 2005 events in Haditha...
LIEUT. COLONEL JEFFREY CHESSANI As the battalion commander at Haditha, Chessani allegedly ignored a possible violation of the laws of war. His trial is scheduled for spring...
LIEUT. GENERAL SAMUEL HELLAND Helland has been overseeing the Haditha cases. Investigating officers have softened some of the charges--including Wuterich...