Tracking Haditha: Marine Says Rules Were Followed
Sergeant Describes Hunt for Insurgents in Haditha, Denies Coverup
Washington Post reports:
A sergeant who led a squad of Marines during the incident in Haditha, Iraq, that left as many as 24 civilians dead said his unit did not intentionally target any civilians, followed military rules of engagement and never tried to cover up the shootings, his attorney said.
Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, 26, told his attorney that several civilians were killed Nov. 19 when his squad went after insurgents who were firing at them from inside a house. The Marine said there was no vengeful massacre, but he described a house-to-house hunt that went tragically awry in the middle of a chaotic battlefield.
“It will forever be his position that everything they did that day was following their rules of engagement and to protect the lives of Marines,” said Neal A. Puckett, who represents Wuterich in the ongoing investigations into the incident. “He’s really upset that people believe that he and his Marines are even capable of intentionally killing innocent civilians.”
Unfortunately, “some people” depend on demonizing the United States, our President, and our military as a matter of strategy. And contrary to the Marines, they don’t care how many innocent lives it costs to promote their agenda.
UPDATE:
HotAir: Haditha Is No Coverup
HotAir: Haditha is a Hoax
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Finally what we want to hear: not Jack Murtha’s telling of what happened at Haditha, but the story as told by the people who were actually there. Imagine that!
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June 11th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Marine Says Rules Were Followed
Cross Posted from California Conservative
Sergeant Describes Hunt for Insurgents in Haditha, Denies CoverupWashington Post reports:A sergeant who led a squad of Marines during the incident in
Haditha, Iraq, that left as many as 24 civilians dead…