Lawmaker Pledges Congressional Hearing (Cover-up) on Iraq Incident

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http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-05-20-voa1.cfm

A prominent Republican lawmaker says he will hold a hearing on an incident last November in which U.S. soldiers are alleged to have killed innocent civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter discussed the incident, and military investigations underway, with reporters.

Congressman Hunter says two military investigations have been underway, one criminal and one administrative, into the events in Haditha last year.

The U.S. military has said 15 civilians died in the incident on November 19, which reports said occurred as an insurgent bomb called an Improvised Explosive Device exploded, killing a U.S. Marine.

According to a Time magazine investigative report in March, Iraqi eyewitnesses and local officials said in interviews that U.S. soldiers retaliated, shooting civilians in nearby houses. Time said U.S. Marines originally claimed the civilians were killed as a result of the explosion.

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1. Why don't they save us all the time and trouble

...and just give us their verdict now?

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2. yeah, whatever...