Meltdown in Haditha : the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines and the failure of military justice

Publication Data

• Title Meltdown in Haditha : the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines and the failure of military justice
• Author Ken Englade
• Publisher McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location Jefferson, North Carolina
• Language English

Contents

Part I. Anbar Province
Haditha prelude
The convoy
Collateral damage
The lid comes off
Part II. Repercussions
Kicking the ant hill
Charges
Outflanking the Corps
The Bargewell Report
Part III. The hearings
Captain Randy Stone
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Chessani
Captain Lucas McConnell
Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt
Lance Corporal Stephen Tatum
Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich
First Lieutenant Andrew Grayson
Part IV. The trials
The CBS fiasco
Unlawful command influence
The Grayson debacle
Chessani resolution
Wuterich's offensive
Court-martial
Epilogue
Conclusions
Appendix A: USMC Iraq Command, mid-November 2005
Appendix B: Abbreviations
Appendix C: Marine Corps personnel abbreviations
Appendix D: Significant dates
Appendix E: Military and legal terms and expressions.

Topics

• Wuterich, Frank, 1980 :: -Trials, litigation, etc.
• United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 3rd. Battalion, 1st :: Trials, litigation, etc.
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry :: United States
• War crime trials :: United States
• Marines :: Legal status, laws, etc. :: United States
• 017009446

Meltdown in Haditha : the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines and the failure of military justice by Ken Englade. ISBN 9780786497348. Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.