Here are four articles (one, two, three, and four) that proport to be updates on the investigations into the Haditha incident last November. I found them all unclear and difficult to follow (particularly chronologically).
What we know is this. On Nov 19, 2005, marines were in an incident in Haditha. 24 civilians died (including 11 women and children) and there are two ongoing investigations by NCIS. One is looking into the incident to see if marines did anything wrong and the other into the officers in the chain of command to see if there was a cover up of the incident. Neither probe has released anything official.
In March a Time magazine report said the killings were deliberate acts. On May 17, Rep John Murtha (D-PA) said he had heard the killings were done "in cold blood". Yesterday one of the marines involved filed a federal suit accusing Murtha of making false claims.
The news in these articles seems to be that some unnamed (and untitled) officers have said that evidence shows the killings were in fact deliberate. But really is that anything new? We still need to wait for the investigations to be complete and any charges to be filed. Oh and one of these says the report on the possible cover-up is 3-4 thousand pages.
Well at least Rumsfeld decided to testify in public. Maybe we'll get clarification this? Nah.
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