[Dave S]

Checked MSNBC website and Mike Myklashevski, NBC's Pentagon reporter was the guy who mentioned that last night. You can read the story or not here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12998125/

[bnelson44]

Story doesn't say anything like, " many died of head shots to the back of the head while in a neeling position"

In fact, the picture it paints is of a panicked platoon rushing into a house, shooting everyone in sight then going to the next house.

[freema]

"Another point of dispute is whether some houses were destroyed by fire or by airstrikes. Some Iraqis reported that the Marines burned houses in the area of the attack, but two people familiar with the case, including Hackett, the lawyer, said warplanes conducted airstrikes, dropping 500-pound bombs on more than one house.

That is significant for any possible court-martial proceedings, because it would indicate that senior commanders, who must approve such strikes and who would also use aircraft to assess their effects, were paying attention to events in Haditha that day."


Imagine that, senior commanders were paying attention to events in Haditha. I can't imagine why these Marines didn't just drag their dead brother back to the base of operation and eat supper.