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Marines in Afghanistan May Face Criminal Charges
Topic Started: Apr 15 2007, 06:58 AM (71 Views)
QuirtEvans
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/world/as...5afghan.html?hp

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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Jolly
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In combat, sh*t happens.

Unless somebody has more than this, no charges.
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Mikhailoh
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Put the blame here where it belongs - on the cowardly bastards who hide themselves among women and children to wage their 'holy war'. May there be extra deep levels of hell for them all.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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QuirtEvans
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Mikhailoh
Apr 15 2007, 11:13 AM
Put the blame here where it belongs - on the cowardly bastards who hide themselves among women and children to wage their 'holy war'. May there be extra deep levels of hell for them all.

Agreed.

But I doubt that Marines who went on a miles-long rampage in response to one guy getting injured are going to get off scot-free.

From the NY Times story:

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In the weeks immediately after the episode, the United States military began an investigation, and it is now exploring possible criminal charges, senior military officials said. The marines involved in the episode are being kept in Afghanistan, but the rest of their 120-man company has been pulled out of the country.

[The Washington Post reported late Saturday that a preliminary United States investigation had found that the people who were killed and injured were civilians, and that there was no evidence that the marines involved had come under small arms fire after the bombing.

[The preliminary findings were reported by Army Maj. Gen. Francis H. Kearney III, the commander of Special Operations troops in the Middle East and Central Asia, who ordered a formal investigation in March, The Post reported.]
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