Source: Killing of Iraqi may have been 'premeditated'

内部消息：美海军陆战队员"蓄意"谋杀伊拉克村民

From Jamie McIntyre
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Navy investigators have evidence that U.S. Marines may have committed "premeditated" murder in the April shooting death of an unarmed Iraqi man in Hamdaniya, a military officer close to the inquiry told CNN.

熟悉调查的美国军方官员透露，美国海军调查人员手中握有的证据显示，海军陆战队员可能在今年4月“蓄意” 枪杀了伊拉克哈姆达尼亚村 ( Hamdania ) 一名手无寸铁且身有残疾的村民。

The incident is unrelated to a criminal investigation into the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November.
这一事件与针对去年 11 月在 哈迪撒镇( Haditha ) 发生的屠杀 24 名伊拉克平民的刑事调查没有关联。

In the Hamdaniya incident, some of the Marines in pretrial confinement have admitted the circumstances of the man's death were staged, said the officer.

这名军官透露，一些涉案的海军陆战队员在受审前承认哈姆达尼亚血案中伊拉克平民( 哈希姆•易卜拉欣•阿瓦德 )的死亡现场是伪造的。

Their statements form part of the evidence suggesting Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, murdered the man, the source said.

消息人士说， 海军陆战队第1师第5团第3营队员的供词证明他们故意杀害了哈希姆。

"They went after someone, not necessarily this person, but they set out to get someone," the officer told CNN, referring to the Marines now under investigation.

“他们在追捕某个人，不一定是这个人(哈希姆)，但他们决定惩罚一些人。”这名匿名军官在谈论涉案的海军陆战队员时说。

The officer spoke to CNN under the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

因为未被授权公开讨论该调查, 这名军官在确保匿名的条件下与 CNN交谈。

Knight Ridder News Service reports seeing a one-page, handwritten report shown by the victim's family. The report cited a U.S. Marine sergeant who said the man was killed because he was seen "digging on the side of the road from our ambush site. I made the call and engaged. He was pronounced dead at the scene with only a shovel and AK-47."

海军陆战队事后报告声称哈希姆碰到海军陆战队地面巡逻队员时正在自家门口附近挖洞埋炸弹，海军陆战队在与哈希姆短暂交火后将其击毙，并在他的身旁发现了一杆AK-47冲锋枪与一把铲子。

Knight Ridder identified the man as Hashim Ibrahim Awad.

受害者叫哈希姆•易卜拉欣•阿瓦德。

Investigators have concluded U.S. Marines dragged the man from his house and shot him before placing the shovel and AK-47 next to his body, implicating him as an insurgent, the official told CNN.

军方调查小组认定, 海军陆战队员来到哈希姆家，把他拽出来并在他的脸上打了四枪，然后故意把铲子与步枪放在哈希姆尸体的旁边, 诬陷他是反美武装人员。

Seven Marines and a Navy medical corpsman are being held in the brig at California's Camp Pendleton, as commanders weigh possible charges against them in connection with the April 26 killing.

目前，涉嫌杀害哈希姆的七名海军陆战队员与一名海军医务兵被关押在美国加利福尼亚彭德尔顿军营。当局正在考虑对他们提出指控。

Four other Marines have been confined to base in connection with the probe, a Camp Pendleton spokesman said last week.

彭德尔顿军营一名发言人上周说，另有四名涉案海军陆战队员被囚禁在军营。