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| Attorney: 7 Marines, sailor face murder charges | |
| 2006-06-02 | |
SAN DIEGO - Military prosecutors plan to file murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman in the shooting death of an Iraqi man in April, a defense lawyer said Thursday. 7 Marines and 1 sailor to take out one Iraqi? I can accept 7-8 Iraqis and 1 Marine. Come on Marines, get your PR folks working and stop this. The MSM is your enemy, now, go git 'em. Please? The eight men are being held in the brig at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base north of San Diego, said Jeremiah Sullivan III, who represents one of the men. The men served in Iraq with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and are members of the battalionÂ’s Kilo Company. The highest-ranking among them is a staff sergeant. Sullivan said he learned from Marine Corps attorneys that the charges have been drafted and official charging documents could be given to the men as early as Friday. Separately, another group of five Marines in Kilo Company, including a lieutenant who commanded the platoon, are under investigation for injuring a suspect in their custody, according to a defense attorney who has been contacted by the family of one of the Marines. He spoke Thursday only on condition of anonymity because he has not taken on the case. The Iraqi man was killed west of Baghdad on April 26. His death was unrelated to the shootings of as many as two dozen civilians in the western Iraqi city of Haditha. The Marine Corps and Pentagon spokesmen have refused to comment on any aspect of the IraqiÂ’s death since an investigation was announced May 24. | |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #1 Opps.... forgot to do the link. Sorry about that..... but the Scotch is good... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13090111/ |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-06-02 00:50 |