The pathologist called by the prosecution backup the story of the Marines. The men were shot at close range, but not execution style. It is going to be close range when you are in a room, but there were no powder burns to show an execution -style shooting.
http://hlime.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/haditha-update-shot-but-not-executed/
yojoe
Thanks for pointing that out, yojoe.
I’ll also mention that the accusations of an execution came from Iraqis who weren’t there when it happened.
But investigators, like SA Mannle, took their word over the word of our Marines.