U.S. general didn't suspect slaughter in Haditha

[Barrett808]

Source: Reuters

U.S. general didn't suspect slaughter in Haditha
By Marty Graham

CAMP PENDLETON, California (Reuters) - The general who oversaw U.S. Marines in Haditha said on Thursday he knew his troops had killed a large number of Iraqi civilians there in November 2005 but that he only learned months later of accusations the Marines may have committed murder.

The U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians has become one of the most notorious incidents in the U.S. war in Iraq, but Marines at the time reported the deaths had occurred in a proper operation after a beloved Marine was killed.

Maj. Gen. Richard Huck, testifying remotely from the Pentagon in a pretrial hearing for one of seven Marines charged in the incident, described his reaction on learning of the Haditha deaths. He said he was told of eight enemy forces killed, 15 "neutrals" killed and two neutrals wounded.

"This is truly unfortunate, if these are neutrals, if this proves out, it is truly unfortunate," he said he thought in November 2005. "The number (of casualties) is big. It was the circumstances as reported: an IED attack and small-arms fire with a group of neutrals walking through it."

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[tabasco]

1. He's a lying sack of shit or the stupidest general in history.

My vote for the former.

[OnyxCollie]

2. No one could have anticipated the slaughter of innocent civilians. nt

[2Design]

3. bs - they order everyone out except males 18 and over

These people are lying sacks of sh*t - it was obvious they were killing people - that is what they are trained to do and then call them insurgents or enemies or enemy combatants or whatever the admin name is for the people they kill and torture