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dunno about the U.S news stations bout this is doing the rounds heavyily in the uk- by American marines in Iraq. The incident, which happened last November in the town of Haditha, was captured by a journalism student, Time Magazine says. The graphic footage shows heavily bloodstained rooms, and bodies of the alleged victims wrapped in rugs at the house and in the local morgue. Residents in the Iraqi town claim the incident happened shortly after a roadside bomb killed a US Marine in a western Iraqi town last year. US forces went into nearby houses and shot dead 15 members of two families, including a three year-old-girl, residents said. "American troops immediately cordoned the area and raided two nearby houses, shooting at everyone inside," said a witness. "It was a massacre in every sense of the word." Time said the available evidence did not provide conclusive proof that the Marines deliberately killed innocent civilians. The US Military, after being presented with evidence in January, concluded that civilians were killed by Marines, Time said, victims of "collateral damage" rather than deliberate murder. Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli, the number-two US commander in Iraq, said about 12 Marines were under investigation for possible war crimes in the incident. He said the case was referred to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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