Free Republic

...[b]ut eyewitnesses and local officials told Time that the 15 civilians were killed as a result of a rampage by Marines - not by a roadside bomb. Eyewitnesses and local officials claim the Marines raided three civilian houses after the blast, shooting innocent women and children, some still in their night clothes, others shielding children with their bodies. The potentially criminal nature of the incident went unreported until Time magazine presented military officials in Baghdad with accounts it gathered from Iraqis in January. The military began its investigation in March. According to the military, the Marines thought they were under...