Haditha:"We do not know why we did not know" - Gen. Pace
Charges will be brought against U.S. Marines if an investigation into the alleged killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians uncovers wrongdoing, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace also told CNN that he still did not know why it had taken nearly three months for the Pentagon to find out about the Nov. 19 incident in the Iraqi town of Haditha, in which up to 24 civilians were killed.
"If the allegations as they are being portrayed in the newspapers turn out to be valid, then of course there'll be charges," Pace, the highest ranking U.S. military officer and primary military advisor to the president and defense secretary, said.
Pace said the Pentagon had not found out about the incident until Feb 10.
"We do not know yet why we did not know," he said. Read more
Iraq: In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre
Marine Gen. Peter Pace also told CNN that he still did not know why it had taken nearly three months for the Pentagon to find out about the Nov. 19 incident in the Iraqi town of Haditha, in which up to 24 civilians were killed.
"If the allegations as they are being portrayed in the newspapers turn out to be valid, then of course there'll be charges," Pace, the highest ranking U.S. military officer and primary military advisor to the president and defense secretary, said.
Pace said the Pentagon had not found out about the incident until Feb 10.
"We do not know yet why we did not know," he said. Read more
Iraq: In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre
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