Lawyer: Haditha Marine rejects plea deal

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Source: Associated Press

Lawyer: Haditha Marine rejects plea deal
By THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Marine officer accused of failing to investigate Iraqi civilian deaths in Haditha rejected a plea deal under which his charges would have been dismissed in exchange for an admission that he covered up the killings, his attorney said Monday.

First Lt. Andrew Grayson is one of four Camp Pendleton officers who were charged with dereliction of duty on suspicion that they failed to probe the Nov. 19, 2005, assault that left 24 Iraqis dead.

Attorney Joseph Casas said Grayson has done nothing wrong, and the Marine said taking the deal would have been like selling his integrity.

"I was asked by the prosecution to fall on my sword for the greater good of the Marine Corps," Grayson, 26, of Springboro, Ohio, said in a brief statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "The prosecution wanted me to distort the truth to fit their end goal."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_re_us/marines_haditha

[crim son]

1. Hmmm. Fall on his sword = distort the truth?

It makes me wonder what the hell the truth is, as he sees it?

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2. After a DUer Marine admitted he would shoot a kneeling child

if ordered to, I don't know what the truth is anymore either.

[crim son]

4. That sort of statement proves to me that military training changes

a person, maybe irreversibly. There is a sentiment among them that a civilian cannot possibly understand the soldier's perspective. I believe the opposite is also true.

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3. "Distort" the truth? You HID the truth! THAT'S WHY THE CHARGE IS DERLICTION OF DUTY!

Fine, then, don't take the deal. Hope your "integrity" looks good in an orange jumpsuit!

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rocknation

[saigon68]

5. Highly trained Thugs and Killers

I have no sympathy for these "War Criminals" in Uniform

They are without honor no better than gangsters