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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My agenda is clear. These Marines are innocent.
See any of my posts in this thread.
I'll be happy the day that the feds roll into the NY TImes offices and arrest the treasonous bastards.
Nice try at McCarthism but I havent read a damn thing that Murtha has said about this or anything else. I know that whatever he says is 90% or more spin so why waste my energy. Please dont dont tell me what Im reading or watching because I can assure you I know better than you.
What hatred? I voted for him twice and Im one of the 34% or whatever that still support him. I even support him on the earned worker program. So much for a Bush hater.
Not what I gave you.
And some will sleep with the old whore.
I'm done for the night-except
I gotta do my part, gonna sleep with a Marine ; )
Sleep tight, don't let the Murtha bugs bite.
You ain't the only one. One of these fine days those bastards will get what's coming to them. (pardon my french)
How many degrees of seperation from Jack Murtha?
They best pray that the civil war they are agitating for does not occur. The lamp posts in manhattan will be busy.
And BUsh, Rumsfeld, and DOD are all conspiring to make them scapegoats to satisfy some MSM and Human Rights group? Mommie, tell me another fairy tale.
Maybe you should, cause you and Murtha share the same opinion.
BTW McCarthyism was nothing but a term pushed by the Soviet Union in a very successful attempt by them and their allies (The MSM) to portray Joseph McCarthy as a Red Baiter.
Do yourself a favor and read about the "Venona Project" and get back to me about McCarthyism.
Agreed. Instigators and traitors through and through.
Sleep well, I know I will as well
"Briones indicated that since returning home to Hanford, Calif., he has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from the corpses he saw and carried that day. "They ranged from little babies to adult males and females," the Times quoted him as saying.
"Less than two days after coming home he was charged with stealing a pickup truck, leaving the scene of the accident, driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest, the newspaper said."
Yeah, okay - - I trust Briones....
Oh, I can think of any number of reasons why they might lie that have nothing to do with executing praying children. Obviously, something happened, but their lying on a report in no way is proof of a massacre. And right now it seems that the only witnesses to what happened, other than the soldiers themselves, are people who, for all we know, are terrorists or their abettors.
Abu Ghraib times ten.
times ten??? get a grip... this is war, dammit..if those Marines feared for their lives in ANY way...they were justified!!!!
"You also have no idea what the marines said.
Neither do you, obviously. I, on the other hand, am willing to give our best and brightest the benefit of the doubt while the process works itself out.
"But if there wasn't smoke, the DOD wouldn't have conducted 4 investigations and they wouldnt be investigating whether a cover up occurred if there wasn't an underlying offense.
Please read Lt. Pantano's letter to murtha. It is on Free Republic today.
You should be proud of your achievements Dave. You have protected your cover as a sleeper for a long time. Your cover is now blown and you may now return to osama and hillary for reassignment.
(BTW I corrected your spelling. No thanks needed, it's on me.)
You gave me the article from Marine Times and that's what I was referring to.
"I can assure you I know better than you."
So I guess the debate is over
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