War Crimes Against the Civilians of Iraq/External Links

The following are articles & commentary for 2005 and 2006 related to War crimes against the civilians of Iraq.

2005

• "A shooting after nightfall," Newsday, January 19, 2005.
• Chris Floyd, "Ring of Fire: The Fallujah Inferno," Empire Burlesque, March 1, 2005. Includes lengthy list of related citations.

2006

March

• Chris Floyd, "Children of Abraham: Death in the Desert," Empire Burlesque, March 19, 2006.
• Matthew Schofield, "Multiple wounds mark bodies of Iraqis killed in disputed U.S. raid," Knight Ridder Newspapers (Mercury News), March 21, 2006.
• Tom Baldwin, "Inquiry into civilian deaths," Times Online (UK), March 22, 2006.
• Hala Jaber and Tony Allen-Mills, "Iraqis killed by US troops ‘on rampage’. Claims of atrocities by soldiers mount," Times Online (UK), March 26, 2006.

May

• Jim Miklaszewski and Mike Viqueira, "Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’. Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha," NBC News (MSNBC), May 17, 2006.
• Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel, "Use Of Unfit Troops Blasted. Senators Criticize Military Practices," Hartford Courant (CT), May 18, 2006.
• Thomas E. Ricks, "Top Marine Visits Iraq as Probe of Deaths Widens," Washington Post, May 26, 2006.
• "U.S. Military Admits Iraq Massacre -- Months After Press Reported It," Editor & Publisher, May 26, 2006.
• Tony Perry, "Probe Finds Marines Killed Unarmed Iraqi Civilians," Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2006.
• Pierre Tristam, "Marines' Haditha Massacre. The Few, The Proud, The Murderers," Candide's Notebook, May 26, 2006.
• Ali Hamdani, Ned Parker, Nick Meo, and Tom Baldwin, "The Marines and a 'massacre' in Iraq," Times Online (UK), May 27, 2006.
• Ellen Knickmeyer, "In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre. Iraqi Townspeople Describe Slaying of 24 Civilians by Marines in Nov. 19 Incident," Washington Post, May 27, 2006.
• Joshua Holland, "The Mystery of the Marine Massacre in Iraq - Updated," AlterNet, May 27, 2006.
• Tony Perry and Julian E. Barnes, "Photos Indicate Civilians Slain Execution-Style. An official involved in an investigation of Camp Pendleton Marines' actions in an Iraqi town cites 'a total breakdown in morality'," Los Angeles Times (Common Dreams), May 27, 2006.
• Michael Duffy, "The Shame of Haditha. Sparked by a TIME report, the military investigation of the deliberate killings of as many as 24 Iraqi civilians by a group of Marines may yield criminal charges, including murder. And new revelations suggest superiors may have helped in a coverup," TIME, May 28, 2006.
• Paul Harris and David Smith, "Fresh evidence of 'executions' by rogue US marines in Iraq. New photographs lend weight to allegations of revenge killings by US unit under attack in which 24 unarmed civilians died," The Observer (UK), May 28, 2006.
• Sarah Baxter, Hala Jaber and Ali Rifat, "Revealed: how US marines massacred 24," Times Online (UK), May 28, 2006.
• Michael Georgy, "Iraqis numb to killings probe that shocks US," Reuters AlertNet, May 28, 2006.
• Raymond Whitaker, "The massacre and the Marines. US troops could face death penalty for what is seen as potentially the worst war crime since Iraqi invasion," The Independent (UK), May 28, 2006.
• Greg Mitchell, "Haditha Massacre: KR Reporter, Last August, Noted Worries There That U.S. Marines Might 'Crack'," Editor & Publisher, May 28, 2006.
• Jonathan Karl, "Marine at Haditha: 'I Can Still Smell the Blood'. Military Investigates Alleged Killing of Civilian Iraqis by U.S. Troops," ABC News, May 29, 2006.
• Peter Spiegel, "Lawmakers Suspect Cover-Up by Senior Officers," Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2006.
• Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Mona Mahmoud, "Iraqis' Accounts Link Marines to the Mass Killing of Civilians," New York Times, May 29, 2006.
• "Analysis: Alleged killing of civilians by Marines could enrage Iraqis," Associated Press (USA TODAY), May 29, 2006.
• "Too soon to judge alleged Iraq killings: US general," Reuters, May 29, 2006.
• Richard Engel, "What happened in Haditha? Witnesses, others tell consistent story as Pentagon investigation continues," NBC Evening News (MSNBC), May 30, 2006.
• "Sumaidaie: Marines shot my cousin. We must 'remove the bad apples,' new Iraqi ambassador says," CNN World News, May 30, 2006.
• Robert Parry, "Bush's My Lai," Consortiumnews.com, May 30, 2006.
• Dahr Jamail, "Countless My Lai Massacres in Iraq," truthout, May 30, 2006.
• Carolyn Marshall, "On a Marine Base, Disbelief Over Charges," New York Times, May 30, 2006.
• Joy Tomme, "Some Marines Doubt Haditha Atrocities," Ratbang Diary Blogspot, May 30, 2006.
• "How Many Hadithas?" A Tiny Revolution, May 30, 2006.
• Peter N. Kirstein, "Will the Marine Corps Baby Killers Involved in Haditha Incident and the Chain of Command Walk for the Crimes and Coverup?" May 30, 2006.
• Nico Pitney, "Murtha on Haditha: ‘I Know There Was a Cover-up … The Chain of Command Tried to Stifle the Story’," Think Progress, May 30, 2006.
• Will Dunham, "U.S. probe finds unprovoked killings in Haditha," Reuters (MSNBC), May 31, 2006.
• "Media conservatives attack Murtha over Haditha comments," Media Matters for America, May 31, 2006.
• "Bush Learned of Haditha Deaths After Press," Associated Press (ABC News), May 31, 2006.
• "Maybe Bush needs more thorough briefings," The Carpetbagger Report, May 31, 2006.
• Editorial: "Death in Haditha," Boston Globe, May 31, 2006.
• Antonio Castaneda, "Reporter remembers accused Haditha regiment. Group found mission ‘boring,’ restrained rage on other occasion," Associated Press (MSNBC), May 31, 2006.
• Martin Asser, "Haditha: Massacre and cover-up?" BBC, May 31, 2006.
• Patrick Radden Keefe, "Rampage at Haditha: Aberrant or Endemic? The Haditha massacre, however isolated, is destined to become a watchword for the perils of long-term occupation," Mother Jones, May 31, 2006.
• Eric Schmitt and David S. Cloud, "Military Inquiry Said to Oppose Account of Raid," New York Times, May 31, 2006.
• "In another town, Iraqis say US killed civilians," Reuters (MSNBC), May 31, 2006.
• Chris Floyd, "The Line of Atrocity: From the White House to Haditha," Empire Burlesque, May 31, 2006.

June

• Thomas E. Ricks, "Probe Into Iraq Deaths Finds False Reports. Pentagon to Review Training After Alleged Massacre in Haditha," Washington Post, June 1, 2006.
• Megan K. Stack and Raheem Salman, "A Town Awoke to Slaughter. Iraqis say Marines went house to house killing Haditha residents. 'I wish I had died with them,' says a child who saw her family slain," Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2006.
• "Iraq Plans Its Own Probe of Haditha," UPI (Monsters and Critics (UK)), June 1, 2006.
• Jonathan Karl, "Officers Likely to Be Charged in Haditha Killings, Sources Say," ABC News, June 1, 2006.
• Jed Babbin, "The Haditha Story," RealClearPolitics, June 1, 2006.
• Brian Cloughley, "War Crimes Start at the Top. Haditha and the Farrago of Lies," CounterPunch, June 1, 2006.
• "BBC Reports Another 'Massacre,' as Iraqi Leader Rips U.S. Military," Associated Press (Editor & Publisher), June 1, 2006.
• "In Haditha, echoes of past military atrocities. Alleged massacre of civilians by Marines compared to My Lai killings," Associated Press (MSNBC), June 1, 2006.
• Caren Bohan, "Bush pledges full investigation of Haditha deaths," Reuters (MSNBC), June 1, 2006.
• Danny Schechter, "Media Crimes Sanitize War Crimes in Iraq (Ongoing)," Media Channel, June 1, 2006.
• Josh White and Thomas E. Ricks, "Investigators of Haditha Shootings Look to Exhume Bodies," Washington Post, June 2, 2006.
• William M. Arkin, "Haditha Can't Be Blamed for a Lost War," Washington Post, June 2, 2006.
• "Bush didn't know about probe," Associated Press (Boston Globe), June 2, 2006.
• "Rumsfeld says probe will deliver answers on Haditha," Reuters, June 2, 2006.
• Tim Harper, "U.S. accused of new Iraq massacre. Military probes shooting deaths of 5 kids, 4 women. Second major allegation," Toronto Star (Canada), June 2, 2006.
• "US probes new Iraq massacre claim," BBC, June 2, 2006.
• "New 'Iraq massacre' tape emerges," BBC, June 2, 2006.
• Jonathan Karl, "U.S. Military Denies New Abuse Allegations at Ishaqi. Officials Conclude Troops Followed Rules of Engagement," ABC News, June 2, 2006.
• Craig Gordon, "When did Bush know? Discrepancy seen as administration says he didn't learn of massacre probe for nearly a month," Newsday, June 2, 2006.
• Josh White and Thomas E. Ricks, "Investigators of Haditha Shootings Look to Exhume Bodies," Washington Post (The Raw Story), June 2, 2006.
• "Iraqi PM asks US to hand over Haditha file," Reuters (MSNBC), June 2, 2006.
• "Allegations Against U.S. Troops Mount. At Least 3 Incidents Involving Civilian Deaths Under Investigation," Associated Press/CBS News, June 2, 2006.
• "New Reports say US Troops Killed More Unarmed Iraqi Civilians," Voice of America News, June 2, 2006.
• "US raid killed children - video," News24.com (SA), June 2, 2006.
• John Stewart, Transcript: "Claim US troops involved in another Iraq civilian massacre," Australian Broadcasting Corporation Lateline, June 2, 2006.
• "US hit by more atrocity claims. Pressure mounted on American military commanders over the conduct of their troops in Iraq as further claims of atrocities surfaced," The Standard (Hong Kong), June 3, 2006.
• Josh White, "Military Cleared in Raid on Iraq House. General Dismisses Haditha Comparison," Washington Post, June 3, 2006.
• "Eight confined in connection with Iraqi's death. Military clears troops in one incident; 3 investigations continue," CNN, June 3, 2006.
• Lionel Beehner, "What Happens Now on Haditha Investigation," Council on Foreign Relations, June 6, 2006.
• Tom Engelhardt, "Collateral Damage: The 'Incident' at Haditha," TomDispatch (Common Dreams), June 7, 2006.
• AllahPundit, "NYT on Haditha: Investigation looks bad for Marines," Hot Air Blog, June 17, 2006.
• Dan Riehl, "Haditha Reporting Still Inconclusive," Riehl World View, June 17, 2006.

July

• "General Comments On Iraq Murder Case. Says Investigation Will Get To 'Bottom' Of Allegations," CBS News, July 4, 2006.
• "United States Investigating Iraqi Civilian Abuse Allegations. No American service member immune from prosecution, says spokesman," International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, July 5, 2006.
• "Perception Management," Oxford Analytica (Forbes), July 5, 2006.
• Ibon Villelabeitia, "Iraqi PM demands rape probe, slams US immunity," Reuters AlertNet, July 5, 2006.
• "Al-Maliki orders an independent investigation into the raping of an Iraqi girl and murdering her family," Al-Manar TV (Lebanon), July 5, 2006.
• Kristin Roberts, "Charges not imminent in Army rape-murder probe," Reuters (Washington Post), July 5, 2006.
• Haifa Zangana, "All Iraq is Abu Ghraib," Guardian Unlimited (UK), July 5, 2006.
• "U.S. reaps what the Army sows," Salt Lake Tribune, July 8, 2006.
• Robert F. Worth, "U.S. Military Braces for Flurry of Criminal Cases in Iraq," New York Times, July 9, 2006.
• "4 More U.S. Troops Charged, as Press Explores Abuses," Editor & Publisher, July 9, 2006.
• Alastair Macdonald, "U.S. soldiers charged in Iraq rape-murder case," Reuters, July 9, 2006.
• James Wolcott, "Blowback Can Be a Bitch," JamesWolcott.com, July 9, 2006.
• New American Patriot, "Making a Killing," A Liberal Dose Blogspot, July 10, 2006.
• Mariam Karouny, "Iraq says to ask U.N. to end US immunity," Reuters, July 10, 2006.
• "Videotape alleges three U.S. soldiers killed in revenge for rape-murder," Associated Press and Washington Post (Seattle Times), July 11, 2006.

August

• Lori Robertson, "A Matter of Time," American Journalism Review, August/September Preview: "How Time magazine put together its groundbreaking account of the alleged shooting of civilians by Marines at Haditha, and why it took so long for the rest of the news media to follow up." Includes link to timeline.
• "Nearly Complete Haditha Probe Supports Accusations Against Marines," Associated Press (Fox News), August 2, 2006. See "Timeline: The Haditha Investigation," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), August 2, 2006.
• "Report: Evidence Supports Haditha Allegations," Day to Day NPR, August 2, 2006. Includes "Timeline: Investigating Haditha" by Tom Bowman.
• "Marine in Haditha Case Accuses Congressman," Associated Press (Washington Post), August 2, 2006.
• Bryan Bender, "US probe suggests coverup in Iraqi shootings. Marines may have deliberately killed civilians, officials say," Boston Globe, August 3, 2006.
• Tim Reid, "Massacre evidence is found," Times Online (UK), August 3, 2006.
• Julian Borger, "Haditha report 'will back up US execution allegations'," Guardian Unlimited (UK), August 3, 2006.
• "U.S. troops murdered detainees in cold blood," Reuters (Capitol Hill Blue), August 4, 2006.
• Joshua Partlow, "Iraqi Medic Describes Carnage. Testimony Begins in Hearing for U.S. Soldiers Accused of Rape," Washington Post, August 7, 2006.
• Ryan Lenz, "Investigator: Drinking Preceded Killings," Washington Post, August 7, 2006.
• "Investigator: Troops drank, golfed before Iraqi killings, rape," Associated Press (CNN), August 7, 2006.
• Elsa McLaren, "US troops 'raped and burned' Iraqi girl, court hears," Times Online (UK), August 7, 2006.
• "Troops 'took turns' to rape Iraqi," BBC, August 7, 2006.

November

• Dan Eggen, "CIA Acknowledges 2 Interrogation Memos. Papers Called Too Sensitive for Release," Washington Post, November 14, 2006.

December

• Paul von Zielbauer, "At Least 5 Marines Are Expected to Be Charged in Haditha Deaths," New York Times, December 6, 2006.
• Melissa Block and Scott Horsley, "Eight Marines Charged in Haditha Killings," All Things Considered/NPR, December 21, 2006.
• Mike O'Sullivan, "US Marines Charged With Murder, Other Crimes in Haditha Killings," Voice of America News, December 21, 2006.
• "US marines face Iraq murder trial," BBC, December 22, 2006.
• Suzanne Goldberg, "US marine faces 13 Iraq murder charges," The Guardian (UK), December 22, 2006.
• Andrew Gumbel, "Iraq massacre: US Marines 'will point the finger of blame at senior officers'," The Independent (UK), December 24, 2006.