I honestly don’t know.
The commanders in the field looked into the incident and decided it was a consequence of war.
Sadly, the enemedia, politicians and then the brass decided their must be something sinister because a few Iraqis, that it turns out later were insurgents, screamed war crimes.
Correct, until it became a political firestorm fueld by the Anti-war crowd.
From the Al Associated Press: Abdul-Rahman Najim al-Mashhadani, who heads the Baghdad-based Hammourabi NGO human rights organization, welcomed the ruling. "It is a very important case and we feel happy that attention will be paid to a case dealing with human rights," he said. "This case is regarded as a success for us."
al-Mashhadani is McGirk's buddy I beleive, Frank is the last Haditha case and the Govt has to safe face with the Iraqi's and sacrifice Frank. I'm going to sleep and will add more tomorrow.