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Meltdown in Haditha

Kenneth F. Englade
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      In November 2005, Sunni insurgents attacked a U.S. Marine squad returning to its headquarters in Haditha with an improvised explosive device (IED). One marine died and two others were wounded. Within minutes, squad members killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including an elderly couple, four women and six children. It was the worst incident of its kind in the Iraq War.Thirteen months later, four officers - including the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment - and four enlisted men were accused of crimes ranging from dereliction of duty to murder. The legal proceedings dragged on for five years, longer than any in U.S. military history. The only conviction was that of an NCO originally charged with 18 counts of murder, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and never served a day in the brig.Unlike other legal actions conducted during the 60-year history of the present military justice system, these proceedings were held mostly in secret, either in sessions closed to the media or behind the doors of the two military appeals courts. This book investigates the tactics adopted by Marine Corps commanders and the ineptness of the proceedings, which raise serious questions about the need for reform.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kenneth F. Englade EAN: 9780786497348 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-01-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, LAW / Taxation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Military history

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      Kenneth F. Englade worked in the daily news industry for twenty years, fourteen of them with United Press International. He covered the Vietnam War in 1972-73 and 1975, including the fall of South Vietnam and the Saigon evacuation. He also worked as a magazine freelancer and published nine non-fiction books and five historical novels dealing with the pre-Civil War West. From 2000-06 he was a Public Affairs Officer for the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. He was inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Mass Communications Hall of Fame in 2010 in recognition for career achievements. He lives in Rio Ranch, New Mexico, USA.
      In November 2005, Sunni insurgents attacked a U.S. Marine squad returning to its headquarters in Haditha with an improvised explosive device (IED). One marine died and two others were wounded. Within minutes, squad members killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including an elderly couple, four women and six children. It was the worst incident of its kind in the Iraq War.Thirteen months later, four officers - including the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment - and four enlisted men were accused of crimes ranging from dereliction of duty to murder. The legal proceedings dragged on for five years, longer than any in U.S. military history. The only conviction was that of an NCO originally charged with 18 counts of murder, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and never served a day in the brig.Unlike other legal actions conducted during the 60-year history of the present military justice system, these proceedings were held mostly in secret, either in sessions closed to the media or behind the doors of the two military appeals courts. This book investigates the tactics adopted by Marine Corps commanders and the ineptness of the proceedings, which raise serious questions about the need for reform.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kenneth F. Englade EAN: 9780786497348 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-01-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, LAW / Taxation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Military history

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      Kenneth F. Englade worked in the daily news industry for twenty years, fourteen of them with United Press International. He covered the Vietnam War in 1972-73 and 1975, including the fall of South Vietnam and the Saigon evacuation. He also worked as a magazine freelancer and published nine non-fiction books and five historical novels dealing with the pre-Civil War West. From 2000-06 he was a Public Affairs Officer for the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. He was inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Mass Communications Hall of Fame in 2010 in recognition for career achievements. He lives in Rio Ranch, New Mexico, USA.

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