Politics & Government
Secretary of Navy Directs Discharge of Haditha Marines
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has recommended separation for two Marines involved in the 2005 Haditha shooting that cost 24 Iraqi lives, the Marine Corps Times reports.
Two Marines involved in the 2005 shooting deaths of 24 Iraqis should be kicked out of the military, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus directed the corps' top general, the Marine Corps Times reports.
Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz and Sgt. Humberto Mendoza have both admitted to lying under oath — facts that played a role in a court martial for former Staff. Sgt. Frank Wuterich to lying under oath.
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Wuterich pled guilty to one count of dereliction of duty by negligence in January and was discharged and reduced in rank.
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