So, Ma Lai was not an isolated incident

Ma Lai was seen as the pinnacle of atrocities during the Vietnam War, but now it seems that this was not an as isolated a case, as previously thought.

Research by Los Angeles Times (LAT) reporters Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson into recently released declassified Army files, show that the 1968 My Lai massacre was in fact not an isolated incident.

Turse and Nelson have put together a detailed study on the many other similar incidents from the shooting of an unarmed 10 year old boy to the murder of a 19 year old girl teenager along with many unarmed villagers. The full LAT story can be found here, (I wonder why the LAT has not put any reference to the story on its front page!) but make sure that you look at the research links used by the reporters on the right hand side of the LAT page.

This will make difficult reading for many, as it will be used as a comparison in the ongoing investigations into the recently recorded incidents by US troops in Iraq such a Kilo Company at Haditha in November 2005.

I wonder how many more, yet to be reported incidents have happened in Iraq? Will we have to wait another 38 years to find out about those?
Tags: Ma Lai, LA Times, Iraq, Pentagon, US Army

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