As well, and I may have missed it tucked away somewhere, but was this raised to a level at the time it happened? It seems as if it was raised to a level, by the Iraqis, only after much time had passed casting even more of a shadow on the incident. One would think that is this was an open and shut case, then they'd have been all up in arms the next day. Again, maybe they were, but nothing that I've read has been clear on that.
Capt. Kimber - one of the three officers Murtha said were relieved of duty over Haditha, but since then we've found out Murtha was wrong! - made it quite clear yesterday that he met with local Iraqi leaders over the next weeks and months -- and none of them said a word about an alleged massacre.