Article: The My Lai spectre looms large in Iraq

Tom Raum
New Straits Times
06-02-2006
The My Lai spectre looms large in Iraq
Byline: Tom Raum
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Column: Analysis

SOME words are synonymous with US military disgrace. Abu Ghraib. My Lai. And now, perhaps Haditha - the Iraqi town where two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians allegedly were murdered by US Marines.

Still under investigation, the episode could firm rising American opposition to the US presence in Iraq, just as the 1968 My Lai killings helped turn the tide of public opinion against the Vietnam War.
President George W. Bush promised on Wednesday that, if an investigation turns up evidence of wrongdoing, "those who violated the law, if they did, will be punished".

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