Martin Antonenko
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US Marines carry out a massacre in retaliation!
On November 19, 2005 at around 7:30 a.m. on an arterial road in the Iraqi city of Al Haditha (350 km northwest of the capital Baghdad)...
...a vehicle convoy consisting of four "Humvees" from the "Kilo Company" of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st US Marines Regiment drives towards a US checkpoint that they are supposed to occupy.
They are approached by a white car, which, as they later say, "looks like a taxi".
The Marines stop the "taxi" to control it and stop as well.
At that moment, a bomb explodes under the third "Humvee", totally destroying the vehicle...
US Marine Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas is killed instantly!
Two more Marines are wounded...:
But there are many more dead on this day:
In their mission report, the surviving Marines later claim that from the moment the bomb blew up, they were immediately and massively fired upon from the other three cars and were forced to shoot back to defend themselves.
The Marines also claim that 15 Iraqis were killed directly in the bomb blast and eight others were shot dead in gun battles. The next picture shows some of the victims - and the "taxi"...:
From the first moment, doubts arise about this depiction of the marines, since no (Iraqi) weapons were found at the scene!
This is also proven by video recordings of the Iraqi journalism student Taher Al-Thabet...
...which he did on the day of the incident and forwarded it to the "Times" magazine...:
Persistent research by US American and Iraqi journalists later proves that the statements made by the marines are all lies or fictitious!
In fact, out of anger at their slain comrades, the Marines are massacring the Iraqis!
In their retaliatory action, 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including nine women, five children and an older, one-legged man in a wheelchair, fell victim to the "taxi" and surrounding houses. Everyone is shot at close range or killed by throwing hand grenades into a house!
After the incident, superior US Marine commanders are doing their best to cover up the incident!
When that comes out, the 3rd Battalion commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani...
...and two of his company commanders, Captain Luke McConnell...
...and Captain James Kimber are relieved of their command.
Staff members of Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck...
... who commanded a division in Iraq, and Col. Stephen W. Davis...
... did not investigate inconsistencies and inaccuracies in an initial report. Disciplinary action will be taken against all involved.
In mid-December 2006 charges of murder and manslaughter were brought before a military court against the squad leader, Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, and against three other soldiers...:
By June 2008, all suspects except Wuterich had been acquitted.
Wuterich's lawyer makes a "deal" with the military prosecutor:
The staff sergeant...
... pleads guilty to having "violated his official duties", in return the public prosecutor drops the charge of manslaughter - and Wuterich gets three months for "violating his official duties", which he does not have to serve.
After the trial ended, the United States Marine Corps paid $1,500–$2,500 in compensation for each Iraqi civilian killed (depending on whether man, woman, or child).
However, they refused to pay for nine other men they shot who they believed were insurgents.
This statement was refuted by official investigators, who said the victims were all "innocent".
Nevertheless, their relatives have not received a cent to this day...
On November 19, 2005 at around 7:30 a.m. on an arterial road in the Iraqi city of Al Haditha (350 km northwest of the capital Baghdad)...
...a vehicle convoy consisting of four "Humvees" from the "Kilo Company" of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st US Marines Regiment drives towards a US checkpoint that they are supposed to occupy.
They are approached by a white car, which, as they later say, "looks like a taxi".
The Marines stop the "taxi" to control it and stop as well.
At that moment, a bomb explodes under the third "Humvee", totally destroying the vehicle...
US Marine Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas is killed instantly!
Two more Marines are wounded...:
But there are many more dead on this day:
In their mission report, the surviving Marines later claim that from the moment the bomb blew up, they were immediately and massively fired upon from the other three cars and were forced to shoot back to defend themselves.
The Marines also claim that 15 Iraqis were killed directly in the bomb blast and eight others were shot dead in gun battles. The next picture shows some of the victims - and the "taxi"...:
From the first moment, doubts arise about this depiction of the marines, since no (Iraqi) weapons were found at the scene!
This is also proven by video recordings of the Iraqi journalism student Taher Al-Thabet...
...which he did on the day of the incident and forwarded it to the "Times" magazine...:
Persistent research by US American and Iraqi journalists later proves that the statements made by the marines are all lies or fictitious!
In fact, out of anger at their slain comrades, the Marines are massacring the Iraqis!
In their retaliatory action, 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including nine women, five children and an older, one-legged man in a wheelchair, fell victim to the "taxi" and surrounding houses. Everyone is shot at close range or killed by throwing hand grenades into a house!
After the incident, superior US Marine commanders are doing their best to cover up the incident!
When that comes out, the 3rd Battalion commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani...
...and two of his company commanders, Captain Luke McConnell...
...and Captain James Kimber are relieved of their command.
Staff members of Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck...
... who commanded a division in Iraq, and Col. Stephen W. Davis...
... did not investigate inconsistencies and inaccuracies in an initial report. Disciplinary action will be taken against all involved.
In mid-December 2006 charges of murder and manslaughter were brought before a military court against the squad leader, Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, and against three other soldiers...:
By June 2008, all suspects except Wuterich had been acquitted.
Wuterich's lawyer makes a "deal" with the military prosecutor:
The staff sergeant...
... pleads guilty to having "violated his official duties", in return the public prosecutor drops the charge of manslaughter - and Wuterich gets three months for "violating his official duties", which he does not have to serve.
After the trial ended, the United States Marine Corps paid $1,500–$2,500 in compensation for each Iraqi civilian killed (depending on whether man, woman, or child).
However, they refused to pay for nine other men they shot who they believed were insurgents.
This statement was refuted by official investigators, who said the victims were all "innocent".
Nevertheless, their relatives have not received a cent to this day...
