Posted on 05/31/2006 6:20:21 AM PDT by Coop
... Snow said that he has been assured by the Pentagon that "all the details" will be made available...
Rep. John Murtha... has said Marines shot and killed unarmed civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two homes and shot others.
On Tuesday, [Snow] said President Bush learned of the killings only after a reporter from Time magazine asked questions...
Asked when Bush was first briefed about the events in Haditha, an insurgent stronghold in western Iraq, Snow replied Tuesday: "When a Time reporter first made the call."
According to the attorney for one of three Marine Corps officers relieved of command from a Marine battalion are not targets of investigations into whether their troops killed the civilians or tried to cover it up.
Meanwhile, Lance Cpl. James Crossan of North Bend, Wash., who was injured in the roadside bomb attack in Haditha, told a Seattle television station that some of the Marines might have snapped after seeing one of their own killed in action.
"So, I think they were just blinded by hate ... and they just lost control," Crossan told KING-TV, which aired the interview Tuesday.
The targets... are about a dozen enlisted Marines, according to Hackett, a Marine reservist and Iraqi war veteran who represents Kimber... [Hackett] said the highest ranking among those under investigation is a staff sergeant who led the four-vehicle convoy that was hit by the bomb.
Kimber... was relieved of command last month because his subordinates... used profanity and criticized the performance of Iraqi security services during an interview with Britain's Sky News TV...
...Hackett told The Associated Press by telephone. "He's not under investigation for anything related to what has played out in the press." [snip]
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I believe Murtha will be eventually be caught in many more lies or half truths. The truth does not fit his agenda.
BTTT
That makes sense, Coop. Actually I'm thinking of the time line from when Madman Murtha began his accusations, to the present.
Is the attorney Hackett the Democrat guy who ran in Ohio and lost and then the DNC and Dean got him out of another race in Ohio??
Why is this a big deal?
This is war.
What happened, happened.
Stop treating war as a crime scene.
gotta love it....
all of THIS info will go public- so the media and Lib traitors can weaken our country and stir up hate for our troops and American citizens, give fodder to the terror leaders, etc...
but let's SEAL the Jefferson records to protect the crook....
how nice!
no- I am not bashing Bush... I am just tired of the arrogant America hating politicos getting away with drunk driving, assaulting officers, bribery, etc.. while we are constantly thrown under the bus and our troops put at risk....
sick of it....
It's breathingtaking sometimes, isn't it? If we had the mind-set and media in the 1940's that we now have- we'd all be speaking German and wouldn't have to think about teaching anyone to speak English.
And yet I bought right into the "relieved for cause" implication. Thank you.
LOL! We'd be flooding into Mexico and demanding to vote there....
;-)
The MSM DOES report details of what our troops are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan...when what they is supposedly WRONG.
Yes. Small world, huh?
Publicly attacking them is dangerous to our own brave heroes.
The military personnel need to avoid the media like the plague.
What information do you have that indicates the President was briefed before this hit the fan?
I smell a check - raise.
Because American servicemembers are accountable to the UCMJ, Code of Conduct, rules of engagement, etc.
Concentration camps happened, too.
Having said that, these Marines should not be found guilty by Murtha, the media, or anyone here until the investigation is completed, charges (if any) have been filed, a proper defense has been mounted, and they are found guilty by a court martial.
From all of the articles I have read about this...NOTHING makes sense..SE Mom.
I guess Tony made SURE when he said that, it was the "truth"...but, I am afraid in this case, the truth is very, very in the words of the teller..
The MSM seems to be presenting this however it fits their "desires"..and the politicians are doing the same.
Murtha is sooooo full of hatred for our Marines, ther MUST be more to it than him just being a Democrat....demetia maybe or passed up for a promotion??? He DESPISES Bush so much he would take it out on our troops??? All of the above??
It's breathingtaking sometimes, isn't it?
Sickening. Our enemy within is slicing us.
Our sons and daughters who fight take the hits from the war and from our raging leftists.
Your question/accusation makes no sense.
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