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DOUBLE FEATURE: CNN Perpetuates Myths of Haditha and Nutty Professor Steps Into Congressman's Role
NewsBusters / Defend Our Marines ^ | September 2, 2007 | Robin Boyd and David Allender

Posted on 09/02/2007 6:43:48 PM PDT by RedRover

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To: Smartaleck

It’s still classified. When an excerpt was shown during the LtCol Chessani hearing, the press was barred from the courtroom.


41 posted on 09/06/2007 3:43:16 AM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: 2111USMC

Hey, I just wanted to say it’s Friday:)

And have a good weekend.


42 posted on 09/07/2007 6:03:12 AM PDT by lilycicero (SSgt. Wuterich is a great Marine, but first he is a good person.)
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To: lilycicero; Girlene; jazusamo

Here’s the deal (I’m going to be a little oblique for obvious reasons but I think you guys will know what I’m talking about)....

The ScanEagle video is almost valueless without an accompanying written narrative. CNN didn’t mention it or use it in their story.

CNN also didn’t show ANY of the segments with easily identifiable insurgents (i.e., men on roofs throwing grenades at Marines).

There’s also analysis of the white car that corroborated Sgt Wuterich’s story.

So the mission now is to get it out there without allowing the broadcaster to do another CNN. We’ve got some ideas.

Also, we might be able to post some screen captures online with the accompanying narration to give people an idea just how much information the Marines had at the time—and how much has been withheld by the media.


43 posted on 09/12/2007 6:52:14 PM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover; lilycicero; jazusamo

Red, that sounds like a plan. Do you have any access to specific information the Marines had at the time, or are you planning on piecing it together from everything you’ve learned?


44 posted on 09/12/2007 6:57:03 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: RedRover

You go Red!


45 posted on 09/12/2007 6:57:40 PM PDT by lilycicero (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover

Sounds good, Red. You know best what to do.


46 posted on 09/12/2007 7:09:22 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: Girlene

It will all be direct quotes from what was available as intelligence at the time.


47 posted on 09/12/2007 7:09:27 PM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover

Awesome. Sounds like a great plan!


48 posted on 09/12/2007 7:24:52 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: lilycicero; Girlene; jazusamo
Here's a few quick examples (click on the thumbnails to enlarge).

The still below is of the white car...

We can enhance it to show more detail than CNN.

This is interesting (I added captions to this one)...

Bad guys are fleeing the ambush site (my caption on the still) and heading to palm grove (their rendevous point).

In the video, you can tell the blobs on the roof are bad guys because they drop things that explode on Marines.

49 posted on 09/12/2007 7:37:00 PM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover

These are good. On the second picture, what ambush site are you referring to? Is this the house that was bombed? In the video, where does the drone initially pick up any insurgents that are later engaged. IOW, where’s the closest location to the four houses that were assaulted, that you can definitively say those are some of the insurgents that would later engage another group of Marines?


50 posted on 09/12/2007 7:51:11 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: RedRover; Girlene

That’s it. Girlene I am picking you up and we are going to Red’s to watch this video.

This appears to be an insane amount of PROOF.


51 posted on 09/12/2007 8:36:43 PM PDT by lilycicero (Rehab is for quitters.)
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To: Girlene

I wanted to get some images up quickly so you guys could get a taste of what we’re looking at. It’s going to take a little time to make a narrative of it. Obviously, I want to be careful and get it right. More later.


52 posted on 09/13/2007 3:38:50 AM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover; Blue Star Dad

Another guided ping.


53 posted on 09/13/2007 5:00:43 AM PDT by lilycicero (Welcome....again.)
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To: All
MAJOR UPDATE...

The Real Story of Haditha: Images from the surveillance video that CNN suppressed!

Go to…

Part one: The ambush site: 0759

Part two: Insurgents regroup: 0814 - 0910

Part three: The last battle: 0913 – 1544

54 posted on 09/16/2007 5:44:10 AM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: Girlene; Chickenhawk Warmonger; RS; jazusamo; smoothsailing; lilycicero; Shelayne; xzins
I've posted the 43 minute excerpt from the Scan Eagle surveillance video (shot on 19 Nov 05) here.

As this thread commemorates, CNN was the first to broadcast some of the images, but they confused the issue by saying it was evidence in the SSgt Wuterich hearing. It wasn't. It was evidence in the Capt McConnell hearing.

If you go to the link, you'll see a narrative created for the excerpt (that CNN either didn't have or ignored). I also broke the 43 minute into segments so they'll download faster.

55 posted on 11/01/2007 9:00:48 AM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: RedRover

Excellent. Thanks for the ping!


56 posted on 11/01/2007 12:54:40 PM PDT by Shelayne (...)
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