Marine Ordered To Kill Women And Children

[Nomad559]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22339301-5006003,00.html

A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of terrified Iraqi women and children during an alleged massacre in Haditha that left 24 people dead, a military court was told today.

The testimony came in the opening of a preliminary hearing for Marine Sergeant Frank Wuterich, who faces 17 counts of murder over the Haditha killings, the most serious war crimes allegations faced by US troops in Iraq.

Sgt Wuterich, spoke confidently to confirm his name as the hearing to decide if he faces a court martial began at the Marines' Camp Pendleton base in southern California.

The 27-year-old listened intently as Lance Corporal Humberto Mendoza recounted how Marines had responded after a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Haditha on November 19, 2005 left one comrade dead.

Lance-Cpl Mendoza said Marines under Sgt Wuterich's command began clearing nearby houses suspected of containing insurgents responsible for the bombing.

[Peregrine Took]

1. "My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty...." n/t

[zonmoy]

2. the criminals that started the war are forcing our soldiers to commit crimes in their name

no surprise there.

[scarface2004]

3. have the marines started loading cattle cars yet...

with iraqi women and children for shipment to the death camps near basra?!?!?