[Girlene]

Now we know why Mendoza got immunity...

You can say that again! What a load this testimony was....A Marine [I'm assuming Tatum] charged with murdering two girls and killing several other Iraqis gave orders to shoot into a roomful of women and children,..

Why am I having a hard time believing this junk? Could it be that Frank Wuterich was the squad leader there and would have issued orders, not Tatum?

Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum then went into the room himself, followed by noise that sounded like M-16 gunfire, said Lance Cpl. Humberto Manuel Mendoza.

"I told him there's just womens and kids in the room," Mendoza said. "He replied, 'Well, shoot them.'"

Right. If Mendoza is telling the truth, then why wasn't Tatum charged with all those women and childrens' deaths? Mendoza should have practiced his testimony and checked with NCIS charges before he starts making these allegations. Wonder which house (#1 or #2) that Mendoza was referring to?

[xzins]

I want to know how he knew there were just women and children in the room. I want him to say he went into the room to check without firing.

In the middle of a firefight he walked into an unknown room unannounced. Not flippin’ likely. He’s lying.

Tatum should simply say, “He did not say there are ‘women and children’ and he should say, ‘I didn’t reply “shoot ‘em”.’ if that did not happen.

If he did say something similar, he should clarify, “Mendoza was just guessing, because he didn’t walk into that room. He didn’t take a head count. He didn’t count noses. He was basing what he knew simply on SOUND. PLUS, he had no idea if they were armed, BECAUSE other women and children had fired or been human IEDs. The rules called for us to clear a room. Period. And I wanted to make it home. But not in a body bag for some stupid mistake of not clearing a room.”

[Eagles6]

Yeah, this is the first time we have heard this and I don’t believe it. ‘Course we don’t know if Mendoza is lying or if the AP is lying about Mendoza’s testimony.