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Saturday June 03, 2006 04:18

by Seán Ryan

3 atrocities are now being investigated in Iraq.

There are now at least 3 major investigations of American atrocities in Iraq going on.

The first has to do with Haditha. See the Indy links:

Marines perpetrate atrocity in Iraq?:- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/76299
Was the General restrained or was he forced?:- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/76318
Us Marines to be punished for Massacre:- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/76321

The second atrocity happened near Baghdad on April 26th. Seven marines could face charges of murder, conspiracy and kidnapping. The unnamed Iraqi was dragged from his home and shot. A gun and a shovel were planted near the body to make it appear that the innocent man was in the process of planting a roadside bomb (there is no mention of a bomb being found in any report thus far).

The third atrocity happened on March 15th in Ishaqi, north of Baghdad. Here’s what the Times has to say about it:

“Last night the Pentagon said that despite the new footage, which appeared to contradict the US military account of events in Ishaqi, a military investigation had cleared all troops involved of misconduct.
The US military account in March said that as US-led forces approached the house of a suspected al-Qaeda operative, they came under fire. The troops called in an airstrike and the building was destroyed, with an insurgent, two women and a child killed.
However, the video footage shows at least five children dead, four of whom appeared to have bullet wounds to the head. Local Iraqi police officials said that the US troops kept an entire unarmed family handcuffed in a room for an hour, before spraying them with bullets. They then blew up the building.
Last night Major-General William Caldwell said that “allegations that the troops executed a family living in this safe house, and then hid the alleged crimes by directing an air strike, are absolutely false”.
He added: “A thorough investigation . . . revealed that the ground force commander, while capturing and killing terrorists, operated in accordance with the rules of engagement governing our combat forces in Iraq.”
For the first time Pentagon officials last night added to their previous description of the Ishaqi incident, saying that an AC-130 gunship — an aircraft that pummels its target with side-firing guns — had been involved in the assault.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2208902,0....html