Will This Be Iraq's My Lai

Stories like this will hopefully turn the stomachs of that dwindling group that still supports the war in Iraq. The rest of us already knew that this is what war is. Haditha, sadly, is no aberration.These young soldiers were doing exactly as they were trained to do, namely kill Iraquis.

"US Marines will be court-martialled over the massacre of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha, it was reported last night.
The BBC said it had learnt that American soldiers would stand trial over the killings, on 19 November last year. The Pentagon is close to ending its inquiries into the deaths and seems likely to conclude that its troops have a case to answer.
The dead included women and children said to be as young as two. "