Hot Air has a post up about a report that appeared in the LA Times that the initial report from a General who looked into whether the Marine command had tried to cover up the Haditha events found no evidence of a cover up. It's based on anonymous sources, so I have no idea if it is correct or not.
The general charged with investigating whether Marines tried to cover up the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha has completed his report, finding that Marine officers failed to ask the right questions, an official close to the investigation said Friday.
Nothing in the report points to a “knowing cover-up” of the facts by the officers supervising the Marines involved in the November incident, the official said. Rather, he said, officers from the company level through the staff of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force in Baghdad failed to demand “a thorough explanation” of what happened in Haditha…
In the Haditha case, military officials have said that photographs of the scene contradicted the initial reports of Marines that the civilians were killed in the crossfire of a battle that erupted after a roadside bomb went off.
Bargewell’s inquiry was believed to have looked into who knew about the photos, and why those military men did not question the initial report.
But you simply have GOT to see the pictures that accompany the post.
