Cleared of Wrongdoing in Haditha?

Military sources say the two top generals in Iraq at the time of the alleged massacre, almost exactly one year ago, won't likely face any serious charges.

It's been almost a year since the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. troops in the town of Haditha on November 19, 2005, which was first reported by TIME. Yet after 10 months of probes no one in the U.S. military has been formally punished, criminally charged or even officially cleared. That, however, is soon about to end.

While unnamed Pentagon sources and outsiders have speculated that senior Marine commanders knew — or should have known — exactly what the Marines did on the ground that day, military sources now say that both Marine two-star generals in Iraq at the time will likely be cleared of any serious criminal wrongdoing.