Marine says urinated on dead Iraqi at Haditha

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WTF! I tell you, this makes me so angry that my tax dollars are being used to do things like this. It outrages me, it OUT-FOCKING-RAGES me!
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Source: Reuters

Marine says urinated on dead Iraqi at Haditha
By Marty Graham

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., May 9 (Reuters) - Angered that a beloved member of his squad had been killed in an explosion, a U.S. Marine urinated on one of the 24 dead Iraqi civilians killed by his unit in Haditha, the Marine testified on Wednesday.

Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, who has immunity from prosecution after murder charges against him were dismissed, also said he watched his squad leader shoot down five Iraqi civilians who were trying to surrender.

In dramatic testimony in a pretrial hearing for one of the seven Marines charged in the Nov. 2005 Haditha killings and alleged cover-up, Dela Cruz described his bitterness after a roadside bomb ripped Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, known as T.J., into two bloody pieces.

"I know it was a bad thing what I've done, but I done it because I was angry T.J. was dead and I pissed on one Iraqi's head," said an unemotional Dela Cruz in a military courtroom in Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, California.

Dela Cruz also said he watched squad leader Sgt. Frank Wuterich shoot five men whose hands were tied up near a car. Dela Cruz said he also shot the five men as they laid on the ground.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09334678.htm

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This foker says he wasn't aware of what his men were doing in Iraq.

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U.S. general didn't suspect slaughter in Haditha
By Marty Graham

CAMP PENDLETON, California (Reuters) - The general who oversaw U.S. Marines in Haditha said on Thursday he knew his troops had killed a large number of Iraqi civilians there in November 2005 but that he only learned months later of accusations the Marines may have committed murder.

The U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians has become one of the most notorious incidents in the U.S. war in Iraq, but Marines at the time reported the deaths had occurred in a proper operation after a beloved Marine was killed.

Maj. Gen. Richard Huck, testifying remotely from the Pentagon in a pretrial hearing for one of seven Marines charged in the incident, described his reaction on learning of the Haditha deaths. He said he was told of eight enemy forces killed, 15 "neutrals" killed and two neutrals wounded.

"This is truly unfortunate, if these are neutrals, if this proves out, it is truly unfortunate," he said he thought in November 2005. "The number (of casualties) is big. It was the circumstances as reported: an IED attack and small-arms fire with a group of neutrals walking through it."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/ts_ ... aditha_...

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I purposely try my best not to read news like this. Its upseting. I'm also upset of the fact I spent 58$ on gas today( just wanted to get that out of my chest).

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[quote="Ismahan123"]I purposely try my best not to read news like this. Its upseting. [/quote]

Then, you should have purposely avoided this article if you have had nothing to say on it.

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[quote="*jr"][quote="Ismahan123"]I purposely try my best not to read news like this. Its upseting. [/quote]

Then, you should have purposely avoided this article if you have had nothing to say on it.[/quote]

Ouch!! i will see my myself out now.