The criminal charges against (Chessani) stem from a legitimate combat action taken by four enlisted Marines in his command after they were ambushed by insurgents in Haditha, Iraq, on November 19, 2005. (This cowardly ambush with an IED killed Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas. - This note was added by Lancey Howard and should always be included by TMLC in their publications about this case.) Their actions resulted in the deaths of several ambushing insurgents. Unfortunately and tragically, several civilians were also killed in the house-clearing operation.According to that alleged reporter at North County Times, the lazy Mark Walker, all those killed were civilians - - including women and children, of course.
Yeah, it sucks. It’s my opinion that Walker omits the vital factor of immediacy during the response to the attack, and his characterization can give the impression of planned retaliation against the innocent victims. This is the impression I got from an earlier article.