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...Cover: The Ghosts Of Haditha What happened one November morning in a dusty Iraqi town threatens to become one of the war's major debacles, an alleged atrocity committed by a small group of Marines that promises to haunt the hearts and minds of liberator and liberated alike
...Price of Victory? I broke down while reading "One Morning in Haditha" [March 27], the story of the Iraqi civilians killed by U.S. Marines. Military excesses should never be covered up and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The lives of the children who lost their parents are permanently devastated. Rather than paying the relatives of the victims $2,500 each, the U.S. government should work with nongovernmental agencies to see whether those innocent children could be adopted into Western homes and have new parents to love and care for them for the rest of their...
...Associated Press is reporting that three Marines have been relieved of command and reassigned "in connection with problems during their deployment to Iraq, including their battalion's actions during [the Haditha killings last November]." A spokesman for the First Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton in California, said that the three officers were reassigned because of a "lack of confidence in their leadership abilities," but no charges have been filed against them...
...Haditha, where a Marine patrol killed 15 civilians on the morning of Nov 19, the news is certain to be greeted with mystification and scepticism. Although the U.S. military has described the killings as "collateral damage," many residents believe the Marines acted deliberately and maliciously after one of their own was killed in a roadside explosion. The mere reassignment of duties of three officers is unlikely to be seen as justice done...
...Marine spokesman said the decision to reassign the officers was taken independently of an ongoing investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service criminal probe. The NCIS, which must determine whether the Marines broke the rules of military engagement in Haditha, is expected to submit its report...