US ‘finds Iraq killing failings’

US marine officers at all levels failed to investigate conflicting reports of killings in the Iraqi town of Haditha, a report quoted by US media says. Twenty-four civilians died in the incident in November. The US military initially said they were killed in a bomb blast and exchange of fire. But reports subsequently emerged alleging that US soldiers killed them. A number of women and children were among those killed in an incident that has become the most serious allegation against US troops in Iraq since the invasion.

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