Posted on 05/29/2006 6:12:03 PM PDT by Marli
Only hours after Iraqi civilians were killed, a second team of Marines was sent in to take the victims' bodies to a local morgue.
Lance Corp. Ryan Briones was among the Marines sent in to recover the bodies, and he told the Los Angeles Times he is still haunted by what he saw, including a young girl who was shot in the head.
"[The victims] ranged from little babies to adult males and females," Briones told the newspaper. "I can still smell the blood."
Briones says he and another Marine were told to photograph the bodies. Military officials say those photos — which they say show people shot at close range in the head and chest — clearly contradict initial reports that the civilians were killed by a roadside bomb.
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Since that will never happen what difference does it make?
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
"Since when is it gloating to stand up to stick their head in the sand idiots who say couldnt happen, therefore didnt. And if it did, they deserved it, case closed."
No one is saying they couldn't have done it.
Nice to know you've clarified your position. You're "standing up" to stick their head in the sand idiots. What a crock.
YOU are saying they MUST have done this.
You've accused them, tried then, and lined them up in front of a firing squad. Just like Murtha.
You read the after action report? Please post it for us. I have not seen it posted.
The stench is enough to make my stomach turn.
Wow, you saw all that from the States? That must be one hell of a pair of binoculars you got there. Guess I shouldn't have bought such a crappy pair cuz the farthest I can see with mine is into my neighbor's bedroom.
Massive dittos and a big hug to you. This is like deja vu all over again isn't it. It's driving me crazy to see people fall for the same sob stories a second time. I thought we had learned after Vietnam. I guess we didn't.
My pleasure!
From what I've read a marine sargent is the person of interest, not the commanders. I know few Colonels that go on patrol.
Maybe that's what they reported because that's what happened and they knew nothing of what the jihadis were doing while they regrouped. Maybe they saw someone start dragging bodies out of an area that they didn't even fire on and had to make an account.
What is your agenda? Why are you so vociferous in your defense of the jihadis?
ROFL, I'm glad you're not my neighbor :-)
But I get your point!
ROFL, I'm glad you're not my neighbor :-)
But I get your point!
oops, sorry for the double tap!
Read the papers. Been there for days plain as day. Also when you post its common courtesy to let someone know what you are posting about.
Yep.
"That must be one hell of a pair of binoculars you got there. Guess I shouldn't have bought such a crappy pair cuz the farthest I can see with mine is into my neighbor's bedroom."
Try learning to read.
No way US Marines would falsify an after action report
Are you seriously suggesting that there is a moral equivalence between blowing a child's head off and fudging a form?
That is what I heard as well... still all this is just gossip.
As with most military tasks, no one is better at this than the U.S. military.
Well put.
Well sink and I and a few others here are not the liberals or media so please dont read into our postings their intent. If something happened at Haditha, it is news because it is an aberation, not because its SOP or anything of the kind. I dont think its unpatriotic to warn our breathen that this could be bad.
He was an eyewitness to the aftermath. He was not there and did not see WHO shot these people. If it was Marines who killed them, they need to be punished. However, the investigation needs to be completed before the Marines can be charged.
It could well be that the terrorists, who had purportedly been hiding in the homes and firing at the Marines after the IED exploded, could have shot those people as they ran out the back of the homes, away from the advancing Marines.
You should be. I have a camcorder, too ;)
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