IRAQ: Haditha prosecutions under fire
Money Quotes:
This from Andrew Lubin, reporter, journalism professor, author of “A Marine Artillery Battery in Iraq,” and now embedded with Marines in Afghanistan:
“There was never any justification for bringing any of these spurious charges. This was rammed through by the Army in order to deflect attention from Abu Ghraib.”
Then this From Gary Solis:
“Haditha has had a strange history. It was initially a very aggressive charging by the Marine Corps. Then it became a media-driven prosecution and finally it’s become a media-driven case of honorable warriors done wrong by their too-eager-to-charge leadership. Perhaps we’re merely seeing the military justice system reach the correct results.”
“If Wuterich and Chessani are convicted, they will be remembered as the ‘Haditha case’ and the acquittals will probably fade from public memory. If both are acquitted, an ever greater possibility, it will be interesting to see what the media makes of the case.”