CAMP PENDLETON -- A Marine pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of assault and obstruction of justice in the death of an Iraqi civilian last April. Pfc. John J. Jodka III, 20, entered the pleas through his lawyer Joseph Casas after telling the judge at his court-martial that he understood his rights. He was one of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman initially charged with murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, assault and housebreaking in the killing of 52-year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad in the Iraqi town of Hamdania. Jodka — the squad's youngest and lowest-ranked member — was among five Marines who shot at...