[proust]

Haditha Marines couldn’t be reached for comment.

[paterfamilias]

“Haditha Marines couldn’t be reached for comment.”

In point of fact, Mattis called two Haditha Marines “innocent” when he dismissed the charges against them.

WaPo article at this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080900696.html

PDF file of Dismissal of Charges against Cpl. Sharratt here:

http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/LCplSharratt/Dismissal_of_Charges_in_case_of_United_States_v._LCpl_Justin_Sharratt.pdf

Mattis’ comments are quite powerful.