More murder charges against US troops

On top of the three soldiers charged earlier this week in a separate incident, we now have eight more soldiers charged with murdering an innocent Iraqi.

Seven Marines and one Navy corpsman have been charged with murder and kidnapping in connection with the April death of an Iraqi man in a small village west of Baghdad, Marine Corps officials announced yesterday.

Of course, things like this will occasionally happen in even the best run outfit, but when they become common occurrences, I think that points to something drastically wrong in the chain of command.