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Investigating the Haditha Killings Seven U.S. Marines face charges in the deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in November, during a hunt for a roadside bomber. Among the dead in Haditha were 11 women and children. The Marines initially reported that the deaths were the result of an explosion.
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Investigating the Haditha Killings

Seven U.S. Marines face charges related to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005.

Murder Hearing Begins for Marine in Haditha Killings

The leader of a Marine squad charged with killing 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha faces a military hearing at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Sgt. Frank Wuterich is charged with 18 counts of unpremeditated murder.

Murder Hearing Begins for Marine in Haditha Killings

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Marine Sergeant Faces Hearing on Haditha Killings

Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the leader of a Marine squad that killed 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha, faces a military hearing at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He is charged with 18 counts of unpremeditated murder in the largest criminal case to emerge from the war in Iraq.

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Some Haditha Cases Seen Weakening

Seven Marines face charges of murder and dereliction of duty in the 2005 deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha. But investigative officers are recommending that some charges be reduced, raising questions about whether the government's case is unraveling.

Some Haditha Cases Seen Weakening

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Marine Officers Strategized Their Haditha Responses

A document in evidence at Camp Pendleton hearings related to the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005 reveals that Marine officers in charge of the squad discussed how to handle a reporter's questions.

Marine Officers Strategized Their Haditha Responses

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Army Lays Out Case Against Officer on Haditha

Military prosecutors open their case against Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, who is accused of failing to report the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005. The Iraqis allegedly were killed by members of a Marine squad near the town of Haditha in the wake of an IED attack on a Marine convoy.

Army Lays Out Case Against Officer on Haditha

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Hearing Set for Marine in Haditha Deaths

Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani faces a military hearing on charges that he failed to report the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians near the town of Haditha. U.S. Marines allegedly killed the Iraqis, including children, following a roadside bomb attack on a Marine convoy in November 2005. Chessani is the highest-ranking Marine swept up by the Haditha probe.

Hearing Set for Marine in Haditha Deaths

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Marine General Testifies at Haditha Hearing

A two-star Marine general testifies that he didn't know questions were being raised about the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha until months after the killings took place.

Marine General Testifies at Haditha Hearing

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Military Opens Hearings on Haditha Killings

Hearings open on what military prosecutors are calling the massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines outside the town of Haditha. First up is Capt. Randy Stone, one of four officers charged with failing to investigate and report the deaths in November 2005.

Military Opens Hearings on Haditha Killings

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Haditha Proceedings Begin with Marine Lawyer

The military equivalent of a grand jury investigation at Camp Pendleton will focus on Capt. Randy Stone, a Marine lawyer who is accused of failing to investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians.

Haditha Proceedings Begin with Marine Lawyer

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U.S. Troop Fatalities in Iraq

Marines Charged with Murder in Haditha Killings

Four Marines are being accused of murder in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last year. And four Marine officers are being charged with dereliction of duty for failing to report or properly investigate the killings.

Marines Charged with Murder in Haditha Killings

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Charges Expected Against Marines in Haditha Case

Criminal charges may be announced Thursday at California's Camp Pendleton for as many as eight Marines in the shooting deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last year, including 11 women and children.

Charges Expected Against Marines in Haditha Case

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Haditha and the Nature of War

When U.S. Marines allegedly killed 24 unarmed Iraqis in Haditha last year, many called it an aberration. Journalist William Langewiesche saw something else. He explains why he thinks violence is rooted in the nature of war itself. 

Haditha and the Nature of War

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Marines May Have Covered Up Haditha Evidence

A story in Friday's New York Times alleges that U.S. Marines may have destroyed evidence sought by military officials investigating the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians -- including women and children -- in the town of Haditha last November.

Marines May Have Covered Up Haditha Evidence

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Opinion

Knowing Haditha Could Happen; Wishing It Didn't

The Associated Press has reported that an initial U.S. military investigation supports allegations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November. Commentator Ed Palm is a retired U.S. Marine major. He says that he would like to think that Marines were not capable of this kind of killing.

Knowing Haditha Could Happen; Wishing It Didn't

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Ohio Town Feels the Loss of Local Marines

Last year, more than a dozen Marines from a battalion based in Brook Park, Ohio, were killed in Haditha, Iraq. The deaths sparked a memorial drive in the town, thrusting the blue-collar city into the spotlight.

Ohio Town Feels the Loss of Local Marines

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Report: Evidence Supports Haditha Allegations

Military investigators have found there is evidence supporting allegations that U.S. Marines killed unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last November, according to unnamed Pentagon sources. The investigation is ongoing and public results have not yet been announced.

Report: Evidence Supports Haditha Allegations

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Inquiry in Iraqi Deaths Delayed by Exhumation

Marine and Army investigators are struggling to get permission to exhume the bodies of Iraqis to strengthen criminal cases against American soldiers and Marines. But their efforts are at odds with the religious and cultural sensitivities of Muslims, who generally bar disturbing a body once it is buried.

Inquiry in Iraqi Deaths Delayed by Exhumation

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U.S. Moves Rapidly on Iraqi Death Investigations

The U.S. military continues to investigate three separate incidents in which American forces are accused of killing Iraqi civilians. In the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, military officials are responding quickly to any allegations of wrongdoing.

U.S. Moves Rapidly on Iraqi Death Investigations

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Report: Multiple Failures to Report Haditha Deaths

Three groups of U.S. military personnel who visited the scene of a U.S. Marine engagement that left 24 Iraqi civilians dead failed to report the incident up the chain of command, according to an Army general's new report.

Report: Multiple Failures to Report Haditha Deaths

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Witnesses Tell One Haditha Victim's Story

Prime Minister al-Maliki says there will be a full investigation into the incident that left at least 24 people dead in the town of Haditha. Residents claim their neighbors died at the hands of U.S. Marines. NPR's Philip Reeves tells the story of one of the victims, a young man named Marwan.

Witnesses Tell One Haditha Victim's Story

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Marine Base Neighbors React to Haditha Allegations

The U.S. Marines implicated in the deaths of two dozen Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha were all based at Camp Pendleton in Southern California. In the city of Oceanside, just outside the gates of the sprawling military base, locals have mixed feelings about the allegations.

Marine Base Neighbors React to Haditha Allegations

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