US marine acquitted of covering up killings of 24 Iraqis

A military jury acquitted a US Marine intelligence officer of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis, including women and children.

Cheers erupted in Camp Pendleton, California as the seven-officer panel cleared First Lieutenant Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest US criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war.