Officer Charged In Haditha Killings Was Nominated For Medal

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Source: ap

SAN DIEGO -- A Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the slayings of 24 Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha was recommended for a Bronze Star medal because of his actions on the day of the killings, his attorney said Wednesday.

Officials said 1st Lt. Andrew A. Grayson, of Springboro, Ohio, was in a team of intelligence operatives that inspected the scene of the Nov. 19, 2005, attack. The killings were carried out by a Marine squad in the aftermath of a roadside bomb explosion that left one Marine dead.

Grayson's attorney, Joseph Casas, said the medal recommendation was written in February 2006, about the same time government agents were probing the deaths.

Casas said the nomination praised the Marine for learning of two other roadside bombs in Haditha from Iraqis he questioned in the wake of the attacks. He was also cited for obtaining information that led to the capture of two men who detonated the bomb that sparked the violence.



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1. This is why war should be outlawed. The job of these soldiers

is set by someone up higher than them, and they are expected to follow orders. These soldiers are stuck in the middle of madness. Bring them home.