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SAN DIEGO (AP) - A two-star general who commanded Marines in Iraq when 24 civilians were killed in the town of Haditha is set to testify in the first hearing in the case, a lawyer for a Marine charged in the case said Tuesday.
The Marine Corps has made Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, the former commander of the 2nd Marine Division, available for the preliminary hearing next week, said Charles Gittins, an attorney representing an officer accused of failing to investigate the deaths.
Gittins' client, Capt. Randy W. Stone, 34, faces dismissal and up to two years imprisonment for dereliction of duty and failing to obey orders or regulations.
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