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The Marines must follow their ROE to the tee. Therefore the charges will not hold up. This political crap to placate some miserable Sunni Arabs who most likely support al Qaeda, Ansar-al Sunnah, and Jaish-Muhammed groups, most not succeed.
As far as Maliki and his Shia leadership goes. He probably only has pissed and moaned, because he is trying to win favor with the Sunni side. He could care less if some Sunni where shot up in a few houses while/after the insurgents slipped out the back doors and ran to hide like a bunch of filthy rats fearing for their lives.

I agree with what you're saying. Hell the Haditha citizens were ready to hang them, at a minimum, as they said.

Let's hope these brave young Marines get their fair trial. On the other hand, the officers that filed the incorrect reports are going to be penalized in some fashion. I hope these Marines don't pay due to that mistake.

If this was in accident in war and they followed the ROE, it sickens me that they are being held as criminals. An investigation - sure - but a criminal trial?