Topic: Jeffrey Chessani

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- Charges filed against a U.S. Marine officer for failing to report the Haditha killings in Iraq were dismissed Tuesday on grounds of unlawful command influence.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Two Marines are to stand trial in connection with the largest number of civilian deaths of any case involving the U.S. military in Iraq.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., June 8 (UPI) -- A Marine testified at Camp Pendleton that he erased photos of Iraqi civilians killed by soldiers at Haditha.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine general blamed a misleading report for his failure to order a probe into the slaying of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha.

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- A Pentagon investigation will show that U.S. Marines killed 15 civilians in Iraq "in cold blood" a U.S. congressman said in Washington.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- Three officers in a California-based Marine battalion involved in the deaths of 15 Iraqi civilians have been relieved of command.