Pilotless plane took video of town where Iraqis died (Important)

Mercury News/WaPost ^ | 5/29/06 | Tom Ricks

[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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[1035rep]

In police investigations they are normally removed. They are placed on administrative leave until the outcome of the investigation

[pissant]

Every congresscritter in DC that is undermining morale has blood on their hands. I will never forgive them.

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Feel free to say a couple for me anytime. ;-)

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[pissant]

Consider it done, &%$#!!@?!

[1035rep]

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.

You're right

[delacoert]

Ah, I was wondering.

Regards,
David

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

"I'll take the Longest Day over Private Ryan anytime. ;o)"

I might agree, strictly as entertainment, but those older war movies never honestly portrayed the full horror of combat.

I saw both. The Longest day was better than Private Ryan. IMO. But neither as good as Patton or Tora, Tora, Tora.

I don't think portraying horror ala Private Ryan works. It seemed cartoonish and fake to me. The best horror is created in our imagination by a skilled director IMO.

[Velveeta]

There was one survivor, Safa Younis Salim, 13, who in an interview said she lived by faking her death. "I pretended that I was dead when my brother's body fell on me and he was bleeding like a faucet," she said.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,418464,00.html

Only 13-year-old Safa Younis lived -- saved, she said, by her mother's blood spilling onto her, making her look dead when she fell, limp, in a faint.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060527/NEWS/605270390/1039

Discrepancies:

Did this child "pretend" to be dead as she stated in one story or did this child "faint" as she stated in another interview?

Was it her mother's blood that saved her? Or her brother's?

[sono]

If Murtha got this one wrong, I say Sean Hannity should personally hand Murtha a Ruths Chris gift certificate.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Was it her mother's blood that saved her? Or her brother's?"

Good catch. Once again, Freepers are doing the job that the MSM should be doing - probing for the facts, not just accepting at face value every anti-American word that comes from the mouth of a pro-Saddam Iraqi.

[Velveeta]

I don't trust the words of those whose faith encourages lies - taqiyya.

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&%$#!!@?!

I feel much better now, thanks.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

We give our Marines the Benefit of the Doubt. Because we know the kind of men they are.

Duty..Honor..Country

....Semper Fidelis

[SE Mom]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640750/posts

Interesting piece here- from a reporter who spent time with this Marine unit..worth reading:)

[mystery-ak]

Hannity is about to discuss this on his radio show..

[MHGinTN]

We give our Marines the Benefit of the Doubt. Because we know the kind of men they are. Amen. And all the more reason to hold Murtha in particular contempt for his despicable slander of these soldiers. And he is what will run this nation if the democraps are ever back in power!

[dangerdoc]

bump

[lugsoul]

I'm sure you were also giving all kinds of 'benefit of the doubt' to Wassef Ali Hassoun, right?

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

I'm sure you were also giving all kinds of 'benefit of the doubt' to Wassef Ali Hassoun, right?

Wrong. He was a deserter and should have been shot.