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March 2nd,
2008 - Haditha War Crimes Case Has Hearing on Tuesday |
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Haditha War Crimes Case Has
Hearing on Tuesday By Rick Rogers San Diego Union-Tribune March 2, 2008 Camp Pendleton - A motions hearing
will be held Tuesday at Camp Pendleton for a lieutenant charged with
hampering the investigation of alleged war crimes in Haditha, Iraq. First Lt. Andrew Grayson is
charged with making false official statements and obstructing justice in
connection with a squad of Camp Pendleton Marines who killed 24 Iraqi
civilians on Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha. The squad members committed
those killings after a roadside bomb struck their convoy, killing one Marine
and wounding two others. Prosecutors accuse Grayson,
an intelligence officer, of ordering a Marine to destroy photos showing the
dead Iraqis. They also contend that he tried to fraudulently separate from
the Marine Corps. In other Haditha news, the
trial for Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich could be postponed indefinitely while
prosecutors appeal a judge's ruling that they can't obtain outtakes from an
interview Wuterich gave to the CBS program “60 Minutes.” Wuterich led the
squad that killed the Iraqi civilians. A Camp Pendleton spokesman
said he couldn't confirm that Wuterich's court-martial won't start March 10. External link: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080302-9999-1m2b2briefs.html |