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Title: No charges for 2 Marines accused in Afghan deaths (AP)
Post by: riky on May 24, 2008, 06:41:33 AM
No charges for 2 Marines accused in Afghan deaths
    (AP)

 



<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080523/capt.bd1b153c91214fb4b4ecdf5ce78f95c5.afghan_marines_shooting_ny124.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=aYP3TpGZcw05tEyuE_NDMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Maj. Fred C. Galvin is seen outside Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, N.C., on  Jan. 8, 2008. A Marine Corps general says two officers whose unit was accused of indiscriminately killing of up to 19 Afghan civilians in 2007 will not face criminal charges. The Marines said Friday, May 23, 2008, that Lt. General Samuel Helland made the decision not to bring charges against  Galvin, 38, commander of the 120-person special operations company, and Capt. Vincent J. Noble, 29, a platoon leader, after reviewing the findings of a special tribunal that heard more than three weeks of testimony about the incident.    (AP Photo/Chuck Beckley)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_us/afghan_marine_shooting)AP - Two Marine officers in a unit that was accused of killing as many as 19 Afghan civilians in 2007 will not face criminal charges, the military said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>


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