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May 23rd,
2008 - May 28 Court-Martial for Haditha Officer |
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May 28 Court-Martial
for Haditha Officer By United Press International May 23, 2008 Camp Pendleton, Calif. - The
U.S. Marines announced that a court-martial would begin Wednesday for an
officer involved in the investigation into an alleged massacre in Haditha,
Iraq. Marines Lt. Andrew Grayson
faces charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to
investigators looking into the 2005 deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians. A written statement from the
Marine Corps said the proceedings at Camp Pendleton, Calif., would last at
least a week. Grayson was ordered to face
a court-martial late last year after investigators alleged he had attempted
to conceal evidence about the slayings. The killings occurred in
November 2005 after a roadside bombing in Anbar province killed one member of
the unit and reputedly sparked a shooting spree by the survivors. Grayson was
not at the scene but was the immediate commander of the unit. © 2008 United Press
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