[kellynla]

"Marine sources said yesterday that it is not clear when Gen. Bargewell will file his report. It is also not clear when the Naval Criminal Investigative Service will conclude its probe into whether the Marines should be charged with crimes, including murder."

When these Marines & the Marine Corps are exonerated, I expect the MSM to publish the findings on their front pages...but I won't be holding my breath.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[kellynla]

ping

[ladtx]

I'm sure Murtha will fall all over himself rushing to the microphone to apologize.

[Coop]

Evidence shows the civilians were killed deliberately by Marines' gunfire during sweeps after an IED killed one of their battlemates.

That's news to me. Unless Rowan is only speaking about certain "civilians" and not all of them. I haven't yet seen any evidence showing who fired the shots.

[nosofar]

Doesn't matter. Once the story is out, regardless of the factual basis of it, it takes on a life of its own. I'm sure liberals are ecstatic about this. If this is ever shown to be false, it will handled by the MSM like the NYTimes retractions buried in the paper a few weeks later. Leave the original story in the minds of the public, but don't confront anyone with the truth, unless the truth happens to conform to the original story of course.

[StarCMC]

BTTT

Innocent until PROVEN guilty.

[kellynla]

"Evidence shows the civilians were killed deliberately by Marines' gunfire during sweeps after an IED killed one of their battlemates."

"Evidence?"
Unless the WashTimes knows something no one else knows, there has been no such evidence released. And the Marines involved told the father of the dead Marine that these people were killed in crossfire.

[Patriot Hooligan]

"When in doubt, attack." General George S. Patton

[Bob]

Evidence shows the civilians were killed deliberately by Marines' gunfire during sweeps after an IED killed one of their battlemates.

And that 'evidence' would be...???

Uncorroborated claims by unnamed 'senior military officials'? Uncorroborated claims by Iraqis with unknown motives? Just what evidence is he saying exists?

[prognostigaator]

When these Marines & the Marine Corps are exonerated, I expect the MSM to publish the findings on their front pages...but I won't be holding my breath.

Not too long....The MSM considers itself the fourth co-equal branch of government....

[jazusamo]

When these Marines & the Marine Corps are exonerated,

Exactly, not a question of if but when.

[PurpleMan]

As an interesting sidebar, info is that CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) is offering (read - demanding) that they do sensitivity training for all Marines going into theater.

BTW they already are doing it at Marine Corps University at Quantico.

Based on their historic pro-jihadism and anti-American sentiments, who is sleeping at the switch at USMC HQ?????

Check out the CAIR site for yourself

[ArrogantBustard]

but I won't be holding my breath.

Don't.

You'll just turn blue and pass out.

[Allegra]

Oh, how I HOPE this whole thing just blows up in Murtha and the media's faces. BIG.

[Bigg Red]

When these Marines & the Marine Corps are exonerated, I expect the MSM to publish the findings on their front pages...but I won't be holding my breath.

&&
I am for launching a legal defense fund that will enable the Marines to sue politicians and media figures for slander and/or libel.

[Auntie Dem]

Evidence shows the civilians were killed deliberately by Marines' gunfire during sweeps after an IED killed one of their battlemates.

Uh huhhhh.... Let's see, will the Iraqis allow the bodies of the "innocent" civilians to be autopsied under controlled conditions to extract bullets to confirm they were fired from the guns in the posession of U.S. Marines? Or will that "evidence" show the "execution-style" shots were fired by American guns that were not inventoried to any troops in the action? Hmmmmnnn?

But then such evidence shouldn't be needed because all the surviving "witnesses" belong to the Religion of Peace and we know that religion to be honorable, and it's adherants would never lie to infidels.

[Explorer24]

Bottom line: it's not about accuracy or honesty, it's about getting it on the front page to work against our efforts. The damage is done.

[kellynla]

"The November 19th death of Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas in Haditha, Iraq, led to a firefight that led to the deaths of more than 20 Iraqis -- including unarmed women and children.

Exactly what happened that day remains unclear. Terrazas' father, Martin Terraza of El Paso, says the Marines his son fought with gave him one account -- that after the car bomb exploded, the Marines took a defensive position around the wreckage of his son's vehicle. Insurgents immediately started shooting from nearby buildings, and the insurgents were using women and children as human shields. Terraza says the Marines told him they returned fire as they fought for their own survival."

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=4973913&nav=menu73_2_2

[tutstar]

ping...

[HardStarboard]

Looks like al Qaeda in Iraq may have adopted the technique of the Palestinians: essentially staging deaths and photographing them in a light to make them look like wanton killing of civilians.

Much of it is theater - remember the "corpse" that fell off a Palestinian funeral bier on the way to the cemetary - the procession stopped lowered the bier and the "dead guy" climed back on - and off they went. It was all caught on film.

Some woman wrtoe a book (maye it was a TV feature show) on this phenomon in Gaza/West Bank.

The Muslim religion applauds deception and trickery when dealing with "infidels". Until I see hard ground proof that our Marines committed a massacare, I will take the charges as a typical "deception technique" designed to throw the US into a tizzy of self recrimination.

and its working on the MSM, big time!

[gunner03]

Better yet, I'd like to see them tarred and feathered, and run out of town on a rail. Also, why can't we take up a collection to hire a Good defense attorney to represent these men if needed, and employ the same tactics as the Rats. FWIW Semper Fidelis, USMC 54/76