Hadithia

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09334678.htm


(Reuters) - Angered that a beloved member of his squad had been killed in an explosion, a U.S. Marine urinated on one of the 24 dead Iraqi civilians killed by his unit in Haditha, the Marine testified on Wednesday.
Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, who has immunity from prosecution after murder charges against him were dismissed, also said he watched his squad leader shoot down five Iraqi civilians who were trying to surrender.
In dramatic testimony in a pretrial hearing for one of the seven Marines charged in the Nov. 2005 Haditha killings and alleged cover-up, Dela Cruz described his bitterness after a roadside bomb ripped Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, known as T.J., into two bloody pieces.
"I know it was a bad thing what I've done, but I done it because I was angry T.J. was dead and I pissed on one Iraqi's head," said an unemotional Dela Cruz in a military courtroom in Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, California.

[Buzz Clik]

1. This doesn't surprise or outrage me anymore.

Enough is enough.

[northofdenali]

2. It seems that the longer the deployment,

the less leadership (of which there was little to none to begin with) and the virtually nil chance that anyone will be punished for this type of action -

they'll become savages. Remember Lord of the Flies? Our military is not properly trained, equipped, led, instructed, protected, or cared for if injured or ill -

why the fuck should they care? I wouldn't.