Marines' families discuss Haditha deaths

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Marines' families discuss Haditha deaths
By JUSTIN M. NORTON, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 30, 3:50 AM ET

HANFORD, Calif. - Family members of two Marines say their sons were ordered to photograph and clean up corpses of unarmed Iraqi civilians that members of their unit are suspected of killing, and they have been traumatized ever since.

In separate interviews with The Associated Press on Monday, the parents of Lance Cpl. Andrew Wright, 20, and Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones, 21, said their sons told them the events of last November remain seared in their memories.

Wright and Briones were members of a Marine unit based at Camp Pendleton that was sent into the western Iraqi city of Haditha to help remove the bodies of as many as two dozen Iraqis, including women and children, who were shot.

While there, the two were ordered to photograph the scene with personal cameras they happened to be carrying the day of the attack, the families said. Briones' mother, Susie, said her son told her he saw the bodies of 23 dead Iraqis that day.

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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. I thought Rummie made everyone get rid of their cameras

after Abu Ghraib?

Who gave the order to photograph the bodies? What is it with Nazis? They love to document their evil deeds.

It must get Rummie off to watch the videos.

[katinmn]

2. Horrible experience. Horrible war against innocents.

"He had to carry that little girl's body," she said, "and her head was blown off and her brain splattered on his boots."