Marine in Haditha case shot five unarmed Iraqis, court told

[Barrett808]

Source: AFP

Marine in Haditha case shot five unarmed Iraqis, court told
by Rob Woollard

CAMP PENDLETON, United States (AFP) - A Marine accused of murdering 17 Iraqis shot dead five unarmed men before asking a fellow soldier to help cover up the killings, a court heard here Friday.

Lance Corporal Sanick DeLa Cruz said he saw Sergeant Frank Wuterich open fire on the five men, some of whom had their arms raised, shortly after a roadside bomb attack in the town of Haditha on November 19, 2005.

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DeLa Cruz, who was one of four Marines initially charged with murder before being granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, said Wuterich shot five men standing next to a car parked at the side of the road near the bomb site.

"They were just standing there, some with their hands interlocked ... Then I saw one of the men drop to the ground," DeLa Cruz said.

"I heard some pops -- pop, pop, pop. I looked around and saw Sergeant Wuterich kneeling with his gun and shooting in their direction."

DeLa Cruz himself then fired more rounds into the pile of dead bodies before Wuterich methodically moved through the corpses shooting each one again.

"He went to each Iraqi male and shot at them one-by-one," DeLa Cruz said.

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[DrDan]

1. it is a sick society that turns out people like this. . . . .

the gun-crazed society has cost a lot of innocent people their lives . . . yet he senses no guilt . . .