Counsel for the Marines on trial for a supposed massacre in Haditha is charging that Pentagon officials intentionally misled or deceived the public about the case. The first report written about the case completely exonerated the troops. Reuters reports:At first, the U.S. military said civilians were killed by a roadside bomb. Iraqi witnesses, however, said enraged Marines shot the civilians in their homes in retaliation for an attack that killed another U.S. serviceman.Watt, the investigating officer, delivered a report in March 2006 that concluded there was no indication the Marines intentionally targeted and killed civilians. The Marines were taking small-arms fire and entered houses in the area as part of that fight, according to the reportReuters said that it has a copy of the Watt Report.But Defense Department (DoD) officials speaking anonymously last May about that first report from Col. Gregory Watt, as the case began to grab international attention, had said the investigation...(Read Full Post)