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>Funny how your not outraged over that huh commie? > >>An investigation into the cover-up of the alleged >>murder of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha >>last November concludes Marine officers at every level >>up to and including the colonel who commanded the >>regiment failed to investigate inaccurate and >>conflicting reports of how the civilians were killed, >>reports CBS News correspondent David Martin. >> >>The initial report filed by the sergeant who commanded >>the squad of Marines charged with the shooting, >>claimed 15 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb >>struck his convoy. >> >>Yet a Marine intelligence team took pictures of the >>bodies that show all the civilians were killed by >>gunshots, not by shrapnel from the bomb. >> >>Marines also transported the bodies to a local morgue, >>where death certificates listed the cause of death as >>gunshot wounds. Another Marine officer distributed >>$38,000 in compensation payments to the victim's >>families – clear evidence, Martin reports, that the >>original report could not be correct. >> >>Despite what the investigation calls these "red >>flags," no investigation or even an inquiry was made >>and there was no effort to correct the original press >>release which repeated the false report that civilians >>had been killed by a roadside bomb. >> >>Three officers already have been relieved of command >>and now that the investigation has been completed and >>reviewed by Lt. Gen. Pete Chiarelli, the No. 2 U.S. >>commander in Iraq and disciplinary action against more >>and in some cases higher ranking officers is expected, >>Martin reports.
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