So Many Charges, So Little Actual Evidence! So, the WashingtonPost publishes this in their lead article:

The majority of U.S. service members charged in the unlawful deaths of Iraqi civilians have been acquitted, found guilty of relatively minor offenses or given administrative punishments without trials, according to a Washington Post review of concluded military cases. Charges against some of the troops were dropped completely.

Though experts estimate that thousands of Iraqi civilians have died at the hands of U.S. forces, only 39 service members were formally accused in connection with the deaths of 20 Iraqis from 2003 to early this year. Twenty-six of the 39 troops were initially charged with murder, negligent homicide or manslaughter; 12 of them ultimately served prison time for any offense

And of course, once it's broken by the Western press, here's how the Arab world handles the story:

From IslamOnline:
Many US Iraq Killings Buried

CAIRO – The number of cases involving civilian killings by US troops in Iraq represents only the tip of the iceberg as many such crimes go unreported or investigated, senior US military officers and experts have said.

Gosh, I guess it would have been to much for the WashPo to have started the article with "Despite thousands of charges of wrongful conduct, not enough actual evidence has been found to bring most GI's to trial ... "
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