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There were two parts....
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   ....to the Haditha investigation. Now [1]one of them is gone. A full
   investigation has determined that there was no coverup by Marine
   officers.

     The general charged with investigating whether Marines tried to
     cover up the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha has completed his
     report, finding that Marine officers failed to ask the right
     questions, an official close to the investigation said Friday.
     Nothing in the report points to a "knowing cover-up" of the facts
     by the officers supervising the Marines involved in the November
     incident, the official said. Rather, he said, officers from the
     company level through the staff of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary
     Force in Baghdad failed to demand "a thorough explanation" of what
     happened in Haditha.
     In an official announcement about the report by Army Maj. Gen.
     Eldon Bargewell, a military spokeswoman said that Army Lt. Gen.
     Peter Chiarelli would "thoroughly review the voluminous report as
     quickly as possible," but had no timetable.

   Thanks to all the speculation about Haditha in the press, the military
   is shutting off communications about other investigations.

     The military is releasing few details about the killings (this is
     not referring to the Haditha case - ed.) out of fear that publicity
     could complicate what appears to be an open-and-shut case, a
     military official said. Officials believe publicity has compromised
     the Haditha investigation and are worried that the Salahuddin
     investigation also could be affected. As a result, they say, they
     are not releasing details â even at the risk of raising more
     questions.

   Questions? You mean pure, rampant speculation, don't you?
   How's it going to look for Murtha, et. al. if the Marines involved in
   the Haditha incident are found to have done nothing wrong? Or, what is
   more likely, found to have used poor judgment but not to have broken
   the ROE? (Hat tip to [2]Small Town Veteran and [3]Hot Air.)

References

   1. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-investigate17jun17,0,6125137.story?coll=la-home-world
   2. http://www.smalltownveteran.net/posts/2006/06/la_times_bargew.html
   3. http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/19/la-times-bargewell-report-finds-no-cover-up-in-haditha/