IT'S ABOUT TIME!
Posted on 05/28/2008 3:33:36 AM PDT by RedRover
SAN DIEGO—A Marine intelligence officer heads to court Wednesday to answer charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements during an investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqis.
The court-martial of 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson is the first case to come to trial in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths to come out of the Iraq war.
Authorities maintain eight Marines killed the Iraqis shortly after a roadside bomb hit a convoy, killing the driver of a Humvee and wounding two Marines.
Grayson of Springboro, Ohio, was not present at the scene of the killings on Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha, but is accused of telling a sergeant to delete photographs of the dead from his digital camera.
Investigators allege after the bombing, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and a squad member allegedly shot five men by a car at the scene. Wuterich then allegedly ordered his men into several houses, where they cleared rooms with grenades and gunfire, killing unarmed civilians in the process.
Charges against all but three Marines, including Grayson, have been dropped.
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Thank you, I’m about to get a paper bag.
Just about stomped a hole in the floor, too. Then I forgot to breathe.
Praise the Lord!!! That is AWESOME news, RedRover! Thanks for the update. :)
HOORAY!!!
Not until they’re ALL free, HAMDANIA INCLUDED! fatima, thank you and bless you for your vigilance in prayer.
Congrats Lt. Grayson and family.
I am deeply relieved. At the same time angered because of the ones who have already been thrown under the bus.
FREE EVAN VELA
No comfort, I’m sure, but you’re not alone under the bus-the Hamdania Marines are there, too.
Your welcome.We had a whole bunch praying the last couple days.And you know freema it is one step at a time.
LOL!
Don’t injure youself!
Thanks, freema...thanks.
This is very good news, indeed.
Six down and two to go!
Hallelujah! I hope they are all well compensated for their inexcusable trouble!
Yes, one step at a time. Please thank EVERYONE!!
Now if only Murtha and the other Marxists would slither back under the rocks from whence they came and let our troops get on with the job of mopping this thing up and protecting our nation.
I will when I get back on the air next week.I will tell Father too:)
As a bride-to-be, I had to breathe into a bag all the way to the airport the night hubby-to-be came home from Okinawa. It was an hour long drive AND I’d had three triple scotches.
There are a lot of years between then and now, and one would think I would have learned to breathe since then!
One step at a time — two more to pray through.
BTTT
Geez, it wasn’t three triples!! It was three doubles!
Our thoughts are with you as well, bhfred. Evan did his job to the best of his abilities, and did what his command asked of him under bruising conditions. He did not let his fellow soldiers down. He WILL get through this, along with his lovely wife, Alyssa.
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