AND THIS IS MUCH WORSE...

The massacre at Haditha has gone largely unpunished. 

Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial
By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES | Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:13pm EST

(Reuters) - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to dereliction of duty, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 incident that brought international condemnation of U.S. troops.

He faces a maximum sentence of three months of confinement, forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay for three months and a reduction in rank when he is sentenced on Tuesday, a Camp Pendleton spokesman said.

Six of the eight Marines originally accused in the case had their charges dismissed by military judges, and a seventh was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.