Inflatable Santas Prosecuted in Iraq
Whoops, got those two NY Times headlines all jumbled up.
1) For once, the NYT agrees with me (it's hard to be sarcastic in type): those inflatable santas [pictured above] which some people think are cool really do look like shit.
2) In a bid to increase credability in Iraq, the US is moving towards punishing soldiers who allegedly have been involved in crimes. Today, four US marines were charged with the murder of 24 Iraqi civilians, including 10 women and children, and an elderly man in a wheelchair.
Military prosecutors also charged four officers, including a lieutenant colonel in charge of the First Marine Regiment’s Third Battalion, with dereliction of duty and failure to ensure that accurate information about the killings was delivered up the Marine Corps’ chain of command. A military investigation has found evidence that Marine officers may have obscured certain facts in the case.
The Marines could punish other ranking officers administratively in weeks to come. But the criminal charges filed yesterday against Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, 42, and three other officers reflect an unusually aggressive judicial reaction by military prosecutors to a massacre that has damaged the military’s credibility with Iraqi officials and civilians, military justice experts said.
Marines Charge 4 With Murder of Iraq Civilians [NYT]
posted by Carla @ 9:13 PM
1 Comments:
I'll have you know that some of my closest friends have been dating inflatable Santas for years, and by all account they are highly underated and I am yet to meet one with an over-inflated ego... Pun intended...
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