CBS Evening News (no intro) - 2006-06-07
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[0:00] against the Marines. And, as Congress
[0:02] announced, it too will open a full-scale
[0:04] investigation. We're beginning tonight
[0:07] with David Martin at the Pentagon.
[0:11] Marine Commandant Mike Hagee has seen
[0:13] the still secret [music] photos of women
[0:15] and children shot at close range.
[0:17] And today he spoke to reporters for the
[0:19] first time about allegations Marines he
[0:22] is responsible for training killed Iraqi
[0:24] civilians in cold blood.
[0:26] >> I am gravely concerned about the serious
[0:28] allegations concerning actions of some
[0:31] Marines at Haditha and Hamdania.
[0:33] >> The nation's top Marine refused to
[0:35] discuss what investigations into the
[0:37] killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha and one
[0:40] in Hamdania have found, but he promised
[0:43] to go as high up the chain of command as
[0:45] the evidence leads.
[0:47] >> If it turns out that an individual
[0:48] violated rules or regulations,
[0:51] he will be held accountable regardless
[0:53] of grade or position.
[0:55] >> Seven Marines and a Navy Corpsman are
[0:57] being held in the brig at Camp
[0:58] Pendleton, California for the Hamdania
[1:00] killing, and the attorney for one of
[1:02] them says he expects murder charges.
[1:05] >> When
[1:06] at least some of these
[1:08] men
[1:09] were seeking counsel,
[1:11] um
[1:12] they were threatened with the death
[1:13] penalty.
[1:14] >> The Haditha killings could also result
[1:16] in murder charges against members of
[1:18] Kilo Company seen in these pictures
[1:20] patrolling the streets of what was a
[1:22] very dangerous town.
[1:24] Defense lawyers who have spoken with the
[1:25] Marines say there were firefights going
[1:28] on throughout Haditha on the day of the
[1:30] killings and that civilians were
[1:31] accident