One Year On;
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/6162442.stm
There was no full US investigation into what happened until three months later when video footage that was taken by a local human rights activist of the aftermath reached Time Magazine.
Once their report showed flaws in the initial marine statement, an investigation began. The investigation is understood to be complete, and criminal charges could follow.
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Why Haditha Matters
Enough details have emerged from survivors and military personnel to conclude that in the town of Haditha last November, members of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment perpetrated a massacre.
That the Marines institutionally covered up Haditha until Time magazine raised questions with the Corps suggests that the moral damage from the Iraq War is broader than a single debased unit
The Nation, June 2006
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060619/editors2
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If ' The Nation' had decided in June that the accusations made against this unit of the 1st Marine Regiment are true, why is it that we have reached the first anniversary of the event without hearing the findings of the investigating body, which we are told has completed its investigations ?
One year on. You'd think that that was comment enough for such a grave charge.