Posted on 02/24/2005 9:30:14 AM PST by TexKat
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Marine Corps' commandant said an investigation was still open into the actions of a Marine who was captured on videotape killing a wounded Iraqi at point blank range during November's assault on Fallujah.
General Michael Hagee denied a CBS News report Wednesday that investigators have concluded there is insufficient evidence to charge the Marine.
"That report is not correct. The investigation is still ongoing. There has been no decision one way or the other," Hagee said at a breakfast with defense reporters.
Once the investigation is completed it will go to the US combatant commander, General John Abizaid, he said.
The November 13 shooting occurred during a search of a mosque in a widely broadcast incident that sparked worldwide outrage and was described by the International Committee of the Red Cross as a demonstration of "utter contempt for humanity."
But Hagee said that email he has received from members of the public has expressed "strong support for the individual marine, and we ought to do nothing on that."
He said the volume of email he had received on the matter was high compared to the response to other incidents.
In the incident, a trooper raised his rifle and shot point blank at an apparently unarmed, wounded Iraqi who was slumped against one of the mosque walls, in footage captured by an embedded cameraman working for the NBC network.
Although the insurgents were found to be unarmed, investigators said the one the Marine believed he had seen moving could have been reaching for a weapon.
The rifleman was withdrawn from combat pending the results of the investigation, but the graphic footage enraged many, months after the scandal over US troops' abuse of inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison.
The raid on Fallujah, part of an attempt at reclaiming key lawless enclaves across the country ahead of January elections, has been the largest military operation in Iraq since the March 2003.
General Michael W. Hagee
Commandant of the Marine Corps
The Pentagon
Washington, DC 20380-1775
(202) 697-9121
Thanks !!!!
Any more from O'Reilly regarding this Marine Hero?
Are these the same people that somehow couldn't summon any rage for the mass graves? for the people fed into shredders?
keywords for these people: perspective/big picture
Hint to libs: It's a war, folks!
It does stink of Kerry.
"Praying our Brave Marine will be Cleared of All Charges!"
Ditto that!
"No way. Bad sign. BTW, where is Cpl. Hassoun? Does anyone know?"
Unfortunately according to an article I saw here yesterday, the uniform issues is true. CpL the turn coat is somewhere on earth. Sad. Guess it's a tough call for some recruiters to know who to discourge from wanting to join up. They do have quotas to meet. This guy was in the 2nd Marine Bn 2nd Marine Regiment (east coast Warlords), that deployed last March through early October to Iraq, where they moved their FOB five times, during those eight months. They ranged between Al Mahmudiaya upward to just north of the Fallujah FOBs. Hasson jumped ship while 2/2 where at camp MEK (0ne of the large Fallujah camps). My nephew ( a LCpl ) told me 2/2 was really worried about what happened to him. They tried to find him, thinking he may have somehow got grabbed and shot just outside camp MEK (it's close to road #10 east/west that runs to F.). Anyway. The guy must have just lost his balls or something to pull a stunt off like that. Sad. He had to prove himself to become a Marine then was expected to cover his buddies backs. Surely he could see that our military are not against the Iraqi people in general. But admittedly some probably do display various degrees of amonouslity toward them due to the conditions. Perhaps he witnessed to many Marines taking a bit of pleasure when they "get some". Who knows. Guess this one is a sort of tough call.
I noticed that windchime. Within the thread from yesterday a freeper does mention something about a report of CBS regarding this matter. I did a search for an article from CBS, but never did find one.
Very nice rendition of how the war criminal probably looks after TEEEEERRRREEEEAAZZZAAA bats him around a bit when he tries to get a little bit.
'Looks Like the Fallujah Marine Will Not Be Prosecuted'- O'Reilly's lead for tonight's show.
Bill O'Reilly reported the older story tonight sourcing CBS. The link from your post yesterday accesses today's 'corrected' story.
Very strange.
I'm getting sick and tired of the nooses hanging over our guys' heads.
The same reason they call Marines soldiers. They are ignorant.
Thanks for the ping!
We ask these men to do the impossible, ask their families to go through hell waiting to hear if their loved one was killed or injured, then when they do their job, we bring them back and have the full weight of the federal government and military try to prosecute them into federal penetary or worse. Where in the hell are the congressmen regarding this case. Where is the Administration in this case. We all saw what was on the tape. The tape exonerates this marine. He was in the most dangerous 40 acres of real estate on the planet and he made a decision, which was reasonable, and acted on that assessment. Lord help this man and this country to see and do what is right.
Incorrect. Only death notifications by CACOs will be done in Service Alphas per MARADMIN 057/05 .Notification by CACOs in Dress Blues must be approved by CMC
"CEREMONIAL EVENTS DURING THE CASUALTY ASSISTANCE PROCESS, SUCH AS BURIAL, ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE WEAR OF THIS UNIFORM. REQUESTS TO MAKE NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM MUST BE APPROVED BY CMC (MRPC)."
"Incorrect. Only death notifications by CACOs will be done in Service Alphas per MARADMIN 057/05 .Notification by CACOs in Dress Blues must be approved by CMC
"CEREMONIAL EVENTS DURING THE CASUALTY ASSISTANCE PROCESS, SUCH AS BURIAL, ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE WEAR OF THIS UNIFORM. REQUESTS TO MAKE NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM MUST BE APPROVED BY CMC (MRPC)."
Thank you for those corrections. As usual the media does not report the full story. As usual I do not seek to verify all they say.
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