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These images are from a video, obtained by Defend Our Marines, that was recorded by a Scan Eagle orbiting the ambush site at Haditha on November 19, 2005. The video runs 43-minutes and is a presentation culled from more than eight hours of continuous footage.

They have never before been seen by the public.

The images are presented in chronological order using the time/date stamps created by the Scan Eye recording system as the video was being made.

The video we obtained was prepared for the upcoming Article 32 hearing of Captain Lucas McConnell, formerly the company commander of Kilo Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines at Haditha in 2005. McConnell was relieved of command in April, 2006 for alleged dereliction of duty following allegations of murder by members of his infantry company during the day-long battle in Haditha that left 24 Iraqis and one Marine dead, and 11 Marines wounded.

This presentation is intended to refute allegations made in Time magazine and other media outlets which claimed the Marines massacred the Iraqi civilians in a fit of rage following the death of LCpl Miguel “T.J.” Terrazas, one of Kilo Company’s Marines. The cable television network CNN also obtained a copy of this video presentation but for reason best known to its producers elected to disregard most of the exculpatory images contained in it.

[NOTE: Video images with enhancement boxes were altered by selecting the area and brightening it with a Photoshop tool for clarity.
The rectangular white box on each image is the camera target area, designated by the Scan Eagle operator.]

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Nat Helms is a Contributing Editor to Defend Our Marines. He is a Vietnam vet, journalist, combat reporter, and, most recently, author of My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story (Meredith Books, 2007).

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Part one: The ambush site: 0759

Part two: Insurgents regroup: 0814 - 0910

Part three: The last battle: 0913 – 1544

[freema]

Good morning, glory. Are you gonna get a new mouse ; )

[bray]

This case has fallen apart.

Pray for W and Our Marines.

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

Based on the location of the bodies and the direction of fire, it is quite obvious that the 5 “schoolboys” were attempting to flee the area. They were headed toward structures to provide cover and away from the Marines. If you compare the scan eage screenshots with the infamous photo from the WaPo this backs up Wuterich’s account.

Please tell me that this video was used in Wuterich’s hearing.

[pissant]

Wasn’t someone saying they shot these guys at point blank range?

[stylin19a]

Incredible that NCIS & JAG didn’t have or weren’t given access to the Scan Eagle video.

Why would they even think of starting this charade much less continuing with it ?

They couldn’t be this stupid.
Me thinks that somebody higher up forced this on them.

[Velveeta]

Amazing to see the pics.
Thank you.