2012年1月23日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Marine accepts plea deal in Iraqi civilian deaths (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a court-martial session at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Wuterich, accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005, pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, reaching a plea deal and ending the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP - A Marine sergeant who told his troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" in a raid that killed unarmed Iraqi women, children and elderly pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that will carry no more than three months confinement and end the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops from the Iraq War.


Iraqi killing cases at a glance (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST

AP - A look at the resolution of charges filed against Marines after the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, in Haditha in 2005, and in other cases in Hamdania and Fallujah.

Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to dereliction of duty, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 incident that brought international condemnation of U.S. troops.
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