No charges against marines after shooting pedestrians

Two US Marine officers in a unit accused of firing indiscriminately at vehicles and pedestrians and killing as many as 19 Afghan civilians in 2007 will not face criminal charges, the military said.

Lieutenant General Samuel Helland, the commander of US Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, decided no to bring charges after reviewing the findings of a special tribunal that heard more than three weeks of testimony in January at Camp Lejeune.