[RedRover]

I’m assuming they didn’t find an IED (maybe because the truck got away) and that the dead Syrians weren’t on an insurgent database.

Maybe the two wounded Syrians told doctors they were innocent and that’s why charges were brought.

In any case, Sgt Winnick may have prevented an IED from being planted. You never get credit for catastrophes you prevent. But to get charged with murder and assault under these circumstances is insane.

[Lancey Howard]

In any case, Sgt Winnick may have prevented an IED from being planted. You never get credit for catastrophes you prevent. But to get charged with murder and assault under these circumstances is insane.

Agreed. I have a feeling the Marine Corps is about up to here with this crap. I predict there will be no charges.
Them Syrians shoulda stayed in Syria.

[Girlene]

There were several mass graves found around Lake Tharthar in 2007. From ID Clues Rare in Mass Graves in Iraq

....More than 150 bodies have been unearthed in recent months from mass graves around Lake Tharthar. It's seen as the grisly legacy of al-Qaida control of Iraq's western deserts until being ousted early this year in an uprising by local tribes. The revolt was spurred — at least in part — by their claims of extremist brutalities.......

Based on analysis of one of these mass graves, ...Authorities said most of the dead were probably travelers going to Jordan or Syria.

Did the incident that Winnick's charged with happen in the middle of the Sunni Awakening?