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Charges dropped against US Marine over Iraq massacre

ABC News

March 28, 2008Military prosecutors have dropped all charges against a United States Marine accused of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in the 2005 shooting deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha.The charges against Lance Corporal Stephen B Tatum, 26, were dismissed "in order to continue to pursue the truth seeking process into the Haditha incident," the Marines said in a statement.A Marine spokesman declined to elaborate on the decision, which was not announced in open court."To ensure the remaining cases are brought to closure in a fair and just manner, further discussion of this case is inappropriate at this time," Lieutenant Colonel Sean Gibson said.Lance Corporal Tatum was one of eight Marines charged in the November 19, 2005, killing of 24 men, women and children at Haditha that triggered international condemnation of US forces.He faced 19 years in prison if convicted on all on all charges.Iraqi witnesses say angry Marines massacred unarmed civilians after a popular comrade, Lance Corporal Miguel "TJ" Terrazas, was ripped in half by a roadside bomb.Defence attorneys maintain that the civilians were killed during a pitched battle with insurgents in and around Haditha.Prosecutors have dropped charges against four other Marines in the case.- Reuters

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