European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages Captain probe want necessary in Laditha Marine testifies that deaths occurred within a combat operation by Thomas Watkins the associated press Camp a Marine major who inspected the iraqi Homes where marines killed 24 people testified that the Gore he saw 10 Days after the Grue some sweep stamped searing images in his hours after a comrades killing in a Road Side the marines had cleared the houses in the town of Laditha with Gre Nades and machine gun that the most blood i have Ever Dana a civil affairs officer for the 3rd and 1st marines at the said despite that visceral Hyatt like other marines who have testified in the past several Days in the preliminary hearing for Randy Stone said he did not think the deaths warranted fur ther Hyatt said a Corporal from the squad involved in the killings told him that he had heard someone in the House loading a machine and that is Why they cleared rooms with such Stone is one of four officers charged with dereliction of duty for failing to investigate the three enlisted marines Are charged with unpremeditated murder in the the biggest involving civilian deaths in the Iraq the Marine corps asserts that the 24 slain were but Hyatt testified that eight of the dead were a claim that has not been marines cleaning up the remains including those of children and the elderly ran out of body bags and put some corpses in trash said who visited the morgue the night after the More than a week and at the request of the town Hyatt exam ined the rooms where the bodies had been and saw blood spattered Beds and hair stuck in the Hyatt testified that his understand ing of Marine rules was that when civilians died in combat no followup investigation was during the first five Days of defense attorney Charles Gittins summoned a string of including a two Star All testified they saw no reason to investigate the deaths because they believed they occurred in a lawful troops in Contact Type military rules compel troops to report and probe suspected Law of War Gittins argued that if no crime was suspected to have and if no one else in stones regiment saw a need to then Stone should not be singled the hearing is part of an article 32 invest the military equivalent to a grand jury Thomas me Marme corps Randy Stone is one of the investigating will hear eve four officers who Are charged with failing Tidence and recommend whether the charge to properly investigate the is should go to killings of 24 Denis with reputation for Fallon off to a quiet Start the associated press Washington admirers of William Fallon Salute his reputation for deft judging from his first weeks As top commander of american forces in the Middle a Talent for tact has served him Well in Many countries of the Region the one that matters most Fallon is off to a quiet Start As president Bush Surprise Choice to succeed army John Ibiza id As head of Central he is overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while managing military relationships with saudi Pakistan and other nations at the Center of Bush strategy in fighting about the biggest splash he has made was deciding to retire the phrase Long which is How the arabic speaking Abizaid de scribed the global conflict against islamic the term was used frequently by Pentagon officials but Fallon apparently was concerned it alien ated Middle Eastern the White haired Admiral is about alienating made in Brooklyn Fow your love in stuffed animals to 8feet tall worldwide shipping say i love you in a big Way styles of giant stuffed animals William Fallon iraqi and that troubles some in Fallon told a Senate panel this month that his chief priority is securing he described him self As guardedly but he tread lightly on the ques Tion of How to push the fractious iraqi government into the Politi Cal compromises deemed Neces sary to stabilize the push too he and iraqis will lose Confidence in the durability of if they get the perception that we going to walk away from then this just encourages the factional he Pentagon hoping to expand foreign assistance programs by Walter Pincus the Washington Post Washington the Penta gon is seeking to make Perma nent and expand to other coun tries some Security and foreign assistance programs under Way in Iraq and Afghanistan that traditionally have been supervised by the state department and the Agency for International develop legislation sent to Capitol Hill under the title of building Glo bal partnerships act of 2007 would allow the Secretary of de with the concurrence of the Secretary of to spend up to million to help foreign governments build up not Only their military but also police and other Security forces to combat terrorism and enhance in a 25 memo for top Penta gon Robert assistant Secretary of defense for legislative said the act would increase Speed and efficiency in training and equipping other countries and would give the Pentagon greater ability to As Sist partners deployed alongside or instead of he called the act the Centrepiece of our legislative program in the act is an outgrowth of the Section 1206 which initially provided funds to the Penta renewed to train and equip military and police forces in Iraq and Afghanistan with out state department involve it was later broadened to allow for paying the costs with state department agreement of coalition partners in including Domini can Leba sri thai and Sao Tome and another Iraq initiative the Pentagon wants to expand is the com Manders emergency response which remains under discussion with the state depart ment and is not in the Pentagon draft begun in Iraq in 2003 with Cash seized from Saddam Hussein Cerp gives commanders Money that they can spend on Small construction projects such As rebuilding schools and for fiscal the Pentagon is seeking billion to fund the Cerp program military services we do what we say say 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