Baghdad, Iraq -- A crime committed against Iraqi civilians, including women and children was covered up by the U.S. military bringing new charged and allegation of torture, murder and abuse against the Administration of George W. Bush.

U.S. war critic and veteran Rep. John Murtha questioned the logic behind covering up this merciless crime, he inquired about, "Who covered it up, why did they cover it up, why did they wait so long?" he said on "This Week" on ABC. "We don't know how far it goes. It goes right up the chain of command."

The story goes that on Nov. 19, 2005, a bomb rocked a US military convoy, killing a Marine. U.S. Marines (the few and proud) then shot and killed unarmed civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two homes and shot other people, according to Murtha, who has been briefed by officials.

Murtha said high-level reports he received indicated that no one fired upon the Marines or that there was any military action against the U.S. forces after the initial explosion. Yet the deaths were not seriously investigated until March because an early probe was stifled within days of the incident, he said.

"I will not excuse murder, and this is what happened," Murtha said. "This investigation should have been over two or three weeks afterward and it should have been made public and people should have been held responsible for it."

According to the U.S.military, an investigation into the alleged massacre is ongoing.

Murtha, a former Marine and a prominent critic of the Bush administration policies in Iraq, repeated his view that the war in Iraq cannot be won militarily and needs political solutions, which he said were damaged by such incidents involving the U.S.

Early this year, a videotape of the aftermath of the incident, showing the bodies of women and children, was obtained by Time magazine and Arab television stations. The military then undertook another investigation.

The Bush Administration defended its failure in Iraq with the same rhetorics about democracy and freedom, while ignoring the death of the thousands of Iraqi civilians and American soldiers. This month, the Defense Secretary, Rumsfield, defended his policy in Iraq, and said that immediate withdrawal from Iraq like we are handing Germany to the Nazis.

Calls for court trial of Rumsfield, Cheney, and other players in the Bush Administration are gaining momentum internationally. Several Attorneys in Europe and the Middle East said that they are preparing accusation briefs against Bush and his team. It is not clear if the court cases will be filed at a local court in each country or collectively at the Heague.