Officer recommends court-martial for Marine in Haditha killings

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Source: Associated Press

Officer recommends court-martial for Marine in Haditha killings

By Thomas Watkins
ASSOCIATED PRESS

1:45 p.m. July 11, 2007

SAN DIEGO – The leader of a battalion involved in the killings
of 24 Iraqis in Haditha should face a court-martial for
dereliction of duty, the investigating officer recommended
in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, 43, was charged in December with
dereliction of duty and violation of a lawful order for failing
to report and investigate the deaths of the men, women and
children in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian
deaths to come out of the Iraq war.

The investigating officer, Col. Christopher Conlin, wrote that
Chessani should face all charges.

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