Monday, June 12, 2006

WP on Haditha

Some balance on Haditha:

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.

The story's still developing, but most of the news outlets seem to have reached a decision.

Funny...

I can remember when "rush to judgment" was supposed to be a bad thing.

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