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The eight men are also accused of planting a gun and a shovel next to the body to make him look like he was planting bombs. The shooting was one in a series of incidents in which the conduct of American troops in Iraq came under scrutiny.
Other US marines based at Camp Pendleton are under investigation over a separate incident in November 2005 in which 24 civilians were killed in the Iraqi town of Haditha.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...3F20CCEB91.htm
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A 'disabled father of 11'. Nice.
Perhaps they're delaying an announcement on Haditha until after the withdrawal.