[jazusamo]

That the procedure later changed is fine, but the P’s tried to argue that you had to P’ID(positively identify) before shooting and that was just NOT true

Thanks much for this post Smooth. It can't be said any better than Charlie Gittins said it. On top of that Haditha was a hot bed of insurgents and everyone knew it.

[smoothsailing]

I like Gittins. He was CPT Randy Stone’s lawyer during Stone’s Art.32 hearing. He’s very familiar with the facts of Haditha, so his opinion carries extra weight, IMO.

[Gene Eric]

>> On top of that Haditha was a hot bed of insurgents and everyone knew it.

And elsewhere...

A War Hero Is Vindicated–Again

Pantano's own story
[Ilario Pantano] eventually found himself in dangerous Anbar province, Iraq, in winter 2004, leading his platoon in do-or-die counterinsurgency missions. One April evening, he fatally shot two insurgents. Rather than a pat on the back, Mr. Pantano found himself charged with murder by the Corps.