A U.S. Marine general blamed a misleading report for his failure to order a probe into the slaying of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha. A Pentagon investigation will show that U.S. Marines ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. AP - A military judge has dismissed charges against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis.Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges Tuesday ...

Haditha is a city on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty.

Relatives of Iraqis killed in Haditha in 2005 expressed anger that the U.S. Marine considered to be the ringleader in the killings won't spend time in jail. A U.S. Marine staff sergeant who admitted ...

Hard evidence, not arguments over the fog of war, will decide the fates of eight Marines facing charges related to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha and a subsequent cover-up, according to ...

(Updates with more testimony, other details) By Dan Whitcomb CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., Aug 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha gunned ...