Duong Hoang Sinh, 52, a former Viet Cong soldier, climbs off a boat on the Bay Hap River in Vietnam's southernmost province on Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Sinh fired on U.S. Navy Swift boats during the Vietnam War roughly around the same time U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry served as a Navy Swift boat commander on the same waterways. Kerry's war record has been challenged by other veterans who allege he did not come under heavy enemy fire as his medal citations state. (AP Photos/Tran Quang Tuan)
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Give me a break. This isn't investigative journalism. It's rank Democrat Party propaganda.
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BTW, what time was it? How does Sinh know? What evidence exists? Did Sinh have a watch back then? Did anyone else fire? For how long? Could it be described as "intense automatic weapons and small arms fire" as Kerry's Silver Star citation? Though he "had never heard of Kerry," how did Sinh recognize John Kerry's boat to establish a point in time? Did Sinh recognize John Kerry? Mike Medeiros? Did Sinh know the teenager with the rocket launcher who was shot? Was it in the back? Behind a lean-to? Whose? Did the teenager have a wounded leg that prevented him from running away? Did Kerry or Medeiros do the killing? Did any of the other villagers see intense hostile fire toward Kerry's boat or Kerry's pursuit of the wounded teenager? What did the AP reporter say to Sinh before and after the interview? Who was the reporter? Was it the AP photographer, Tran Quang Tuan? Who else was present for the interview? Was a tape-recording made? Is a transcript in existence? What edits were made by AP staff? Which editors reviewed and approved the story? Was it Mike Silverstein in New York? When will this information be available? Could it be posted on the Internet tonight? [E-mail inquiry to be sent to AP.]