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Chilling new evidence of Haditha massacre



Staff Sgt Frank D Wuterich a leader of murder squad.
"They appear to have taken revenge on the occupants of a white taxi which arrived on the scene shortly afterwards. The report describes how, after telling them to get out of the vehicle, the Marines' squad leader, Staff Sgt Frank D Wuterich, opened fire on the Iraqis with his M16 rifle from a distance of no more than 10ft, despite the fact that some of them had their hands up. The men, standing in a line, dropped to the ground as an Iraqi soldier attached to the marines unit looked on in horror."
"Another marine at the scene, Sgt Sanick P Dela Cruz, tells the inquiry how he then fired additional shots into the dead men as they lay on the ground. In an additional mark of disrespect, the report said, he later urinated on one of the corpses."

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