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Pilotless plane took video of town where Iraqis died (Important)
Mercury News/WaPost ^ | 5/29/06 | Tom Ricks

Posted on 05/30/2006 10:13:00 AM PDT by pissant

WASHINGTON - Military investigators piecing together what happened in the Iraqi town of Al-Hadithah on Nov. 19, 2005 -- when Marines allegedly killed two dozen civilians -- have access to video shot by a pilotless aircraft that was circling overhead for at least part of that day, military defense attorneys familiar with the case said in interviews.

It is unclear whether the video obtained from that day's flight captured the violence, said the attorneys, who have consulted with Marines who were there. One attorney said investigators have reviewed surveillance footage taken hours after the shootings, which showed the Marines returning to the town to remove the bodies of the Iraqis.

Monday, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said charges will be issued if the evidence merits it. For now, ``it would be premature for me to judge'' the outcome of the two U.S. military investigations, Pace said on CBS's ``The Early Show.''

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: haditha; interesting; iraq; murtha; murthawatch; uav
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To: pissant
Murtha isn't concerned about what is true and what is not. HE is just part of the MSM now and he has his template and will believe and defend any story told to him which fits the template. If the story doesn't fit, he either ignores it or criticizes it.

Can anybody remember the last time Murtha held a press conference to trumpet anything GOOD about our troops? Seems to be he is just the harbinger of bad news and failure and revels in the idea that we could be losing and have to admit defeat and retreat.

161 posted on 05/30/2006 12:08:37 PM PDT by bpjam (If we take 12M Mexicans, they have to take Kennedy & McCain!)
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To: bpjam

He's revelling in his own misery, becuase our men are doing the job, and Bush ain't gonna retreat.


162 posted on 05/30/2006 12:11:23 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

That is easy.

The WILD ACCUSATION will incite riots on the arab street and will cause an embarassment to the administration and will push the talking point of the DNC that the USA is weak militarily.

IF THE TRUTH shows the usa is strong and did the right thing and the terrorists USED civilians to hide behind, well that truth can be burried on page 347 on a tuesday appology section.

Murtha, the liar, is only worthy of derision and contempt. He is an embarasment to those who wear and wore the uniform.


163 posted on 05/30/2006 12:15:10 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

He is also an embarrassment to the US Congress. Unfortuantely there are more than a few of those.


164 posted on 05/30/2006 12:16:52 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
Thanks, pissant. I knew there was more to this story than the leftist media was portraying. (dam them all to he!!)

God bless and protect our wonderful military.

165 posted on 05/30/2006 12:18:11 PM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: pbrown

Amen. Keep praying for these men AND the truth.


166 posted on 05/30/2006 12:20:30 PM PDT by pissant
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To: caisson71
The MSM is trying to "create" another My Lai. As I see it, the liberal game plan for VietNam is the same playbook for today's anti-American public.

 These communist-Anti American liberals will stop at nothing to undermine this war
 

167 posted on 05/30/2006 12:21:07 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: lugsoul
the fact that many of the statements from Congressmen are derived from official briefings on the incident,

To offer you your own words about your own statement:

I'd appreciate a reference to even the tiniest scintilla of evidence to that effect.
168 posted on 05/30/2006 12:21:34 PM PDT by BlueStateDepression
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To: attiladhun2
The Marines found it was expedient to just off all prisoners, at least until the island was secure.

I've never heard of this. I do know that the Japanese were adverse to surrendering. Most would choose death over surrender. They were fanatics.

Once they surrendered it was considered a war crime to kill them.

169 posted on 05/30/2006 12:25:13 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: pissant

Generally, I don't give much credence to off-the-record statements from defense attorneys.


170 posted on 05/30/2006 12:26:26 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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To: lugsoul
Good afternoon.
"I'm having a hard time thinking of a situation in which a 3-year-old girl would be considered a "prisoner.""

What do we call someone, of any age, who is detained at gunpoint and held hostage, used as a shield or murdered in order to make our troops look bad?

Michael Frazier
171 posted on 05/30/2006 12:26:51 PM PDT by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: Thebaddog
Who says we shot the three year old? The terrorists kill their own on occasion to try to blame us.

That's what I'm thinking.

172 posted on 05/30/2006 12:27:25 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: 1035rep

The only way for the MSM and the Hanoi Muthas to create another viet nam is to shut down ALL the internet, close ALL cable TV, eliminate sat TV, and only allow newspapers and the three alphabet networks to diseminate information WITHOUT any opposing views.

IOW they need the 1960's 70's media machine.

Every time we show a picture of the towers, or a child smiling at the sight of the US military, Murtha dies a little more.


173 posted on 05/30/2006 12:27:56 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: lugsoul

Exactly. We have so much info that the Marines murdered innocent people, you'd think we have first hand, on the ground witnesses. Since I hold all media suspect, based on their horrible reporting od almost ever aspect of the war, I am very doubtful reporting to date is anything more than military/Bush/anti-American bashing.


174 posted on 05/30/2006 12:28:49 PM PDT by caisson71
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To: pissant
Keep praying for these men AND the truth.

I will. My faith in them has not and will not waver one iota. The truth will come out. It'll probably be a one line retraction on page 72 H. As far back in the paper as they can print it. Their job is to injure our fighting men and women. That is a job they take on with glee.

I could just cuss like a sailor I'm so mad.

175 posted on 05/30/2006 12:29:17 PM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

The MSM doesn't either, apparently, when it conflicts with the agenda. Lot's of credence to off the record military types, who they normally loathe and ignore, except now it fits the agenda. I smell a rat.


176 posted on 05/30/2006 12:29:23 PM PDT by pissant
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To: lugsoul
I'm having a hard time thinking of a situation in which a 3-year-old girl would be considered a "prisoner."


177 posted on 05/30/2006 12:30:04 PM PDT by petercooper (Cemeteries & the ignorant - comprising 2 of the largest Democrat voting blocs for the past 75 years.)
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To: pbrown

I am cussing like one in my office. LOL


178 posted on 05/30/2006 12:30:55 PM PDT by pissant
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To: BlueStateDepression

You may be right. Sounds plausible.


179 posted on 05/30/2006 12:31:21 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: pissant
Ours soldiers are in fear of their life every day and they should protect themselves at all times!

This B.S. from Murtha may make one of them hesitate for a split second and their blood will be on Murtha's hands!

180 posted on 05/30/2006 12:33:16 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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