Marines Publicly Probe Shootings

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Philadelphia Inquirer
January 8, 2008 By Associated Press
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The Marine Corps launched a rare tribunal yesterday to publicly investigate disputed allegations that a special-forces unit killed as many as 19 Afghan civilians after the military convoy was rammed by a car bomb.
The court of inquiry will focus on the actions of Maj. Fred C. Galvin, commander of the 120-person unit, and platoon leader Capt. Vincent J. Noble. They were members of a special operations company that opened fire March 4 on a crowded road in Nangahar province after an explosives-rigged minivan crashed into their convoy. No Marines died.
Witnesses said the Marines fired indiscriminately at pedestrians and people in cars, buses and taxis, Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission said in a report. A defense attorney said evidence would show the patrol followed regulations. Testimony was to start today.
--AP
 
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