Troops 'Will Carry the Can' for Iraq Atrocity

The Sunday Telegraph London (June 04, 2006)

Author: Toby Harnden

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A LAWYER who successfully defended a soldier accused of war crimes in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968, has said that United States Marines charged over the alleged Haditha massacre will be made "political scapegoats'' by the Bush administration, writes Toby Harnden.

Gary Myers, who also acted for one of the troops convicted of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, told The Sunday Telegraph: "Given this administration, it's almost a certainty.

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Troops 'Will Carry the Can' for Iraq Atrocity

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