Attorneys for accused troops say Marine Corps hampering defenses

In this copy of a photograph made available to the Associated Press on Wednesday a military vehicle is seen on the side of a road in Hamdania, Iraq, on May 9, 2006. Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents claim that on April 26 seven Marines and a Navy medic, without provocation, went into the rural Iraqi town of Hamdania and kidnapped and murdered 52-year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad. They allegedly tied him up, put him in the hole shown in this photograph and shot him. After the killing, the troops allegedly placed an AK-47 in Awad's hands and put a shovel in the hole to make it appear Awad was an insurgent planting explosives, investigators say. <br><small><B> Associated Press </B></small>