Probe Finds Haditha Killings Unprovoked

Reuters ^ | 5-31-06 | Will Dunham

[Types_with_Fist]

A preliminary military inquiry found evidence that U.S. Marines killed two dozen Iraqi civilians in an unprovoked attack in November, contradicting the troops’ account, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

President George W. Bush said he was troubled by news stories on the November 19 killings of men, women and children in the town of Haditha, and a general at the Pentagon said the incident could complicate the job for the 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

“Allegations such as this, regardless of how they are borne out by the facts, can have an effect on the ability of U.S. forces to continue to operate,” Army Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, deputy director for regional operations for the military’s Joint Staff, told a Pentagon briefing.

MORE

[Indy Pendance]

No kidding. The children are playing on FR.

[floriduh voter]

Karl Rove is responsible for President Bush's poor approval ratings. If I saw that happen to my husband, I'd be perturbed too.

[elvisabel78]

My guess is that after today's incident, in which a pregnant woman about to give birth was shot dead by our troops, a new scandal will arise in the media.

[BnBlFlag]

P.S.
The testimony of these "villagers" is more than worthless.

[floriduh voter]

That's the Italian Flag because I like the Pope.

[Unicorn]

Too much talking by everyone including Pres.Bush.

[ohioWfan]

I was the biggest Bush supporter around and I feel totally demoralized by him.

All the seminar callers say the same thing. There's no reason to believe THEM either.

[processing please hold]

This as all the signs of a Staged Atrocity.

That's my belief as well. It'll take a hellofalot more than the ravings of murtha and our leftist military hating media before I even have a whisper of believe in it.

[AmeriBrit]

That's the Italian Flag because I like the Pope.

---

Then it should be in the main body of the page, not where your State flag belongs.

Putting it where you have it is phony, but then maybe that tells us more than you intended.

[Pox]

That was the first "story" I heard in reference to this incident back in December. It's certainly plausible, but once again, I don't see the point in idle speculation until the investigations have been released.

We've been down this path before in this war with another Marine who was court martialed and exonerated.

[spunkets]

Thanks. Caught on live interview, on tape. I hope NCIS grabs it and reads the language themselves.

[Lancey Howard]

Sheesh!! That headline had me going there for a second.
I thought there was something new.

[ohioWfan]

You have absolutely NO right to spread rumors with NO foundation about the President and his wife.

Have you no shame? Have you no values? Have you no decency??

What is WRONG on this forum??

I am issuing a CALL TO PRAYER for Free Republic. May the God of TRUTH take hold of us and make His presence known so that the power of Satan is BOUND, and these lies and attacks are stopped dead in their tracks.

Dear LORD, please protect and guide our President as he battles not only political enemies, but the very powers of hell. Guide his steps and make him strong in YOU alone, O God! In Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks for serving. I mean that. But since you where there, you know very well, the type of actions our men are forced to perform in these cordon and search oriented patrols.
And being a battle tested and trained soldier you understand very well how the goons are conducting their resistance fighting. But again that is not the issue some of us are trying to at least appeal to. We just do not know what is true and what is fabricated at this point in time.
That has been the trust of my argument if one wants to use such terms.
What if it turns out in the end it was a carefully contrived setup by the goon squads to make it look like our men took out these families. It could go either way. And surely if our Marines literally did not follow the ROE, then they are going to be punished for it.
What you say is well taken. Most of us feel the same way. We don't want our men to be found guilty of any war crimes. And surely for those of us that are old enough to remember the My Lai massacre, which I am one of, fully know just how out of hand this can go on a moments notice. The same clowns, those that idolize goons like Cronkite etc., are in full force and ready to attack our HONORABLE MILITARY with a vengence and hate, worse then the hiss of Satan as he hides behind his black cape and peers with one eye slit at the Lord of Host.
I appreciate what you are communicating on the field day the L/MSM will have with this if in the end it is proven our Marines went beyond their normal adherance to the rules.
I simply am not pre-judging based on what we have been shown so far.
Those bloodied walls etc., could have been doctored up for all we know. Let us not forget a few months back the big deal that was made over our guys killing supposed innocent Iraqi in the Mosque in NE Baghdad a mile or so up from Sadr City. Remember how for a week plus the L/MSM keeped screaming our guys went into a mosque and fired point blank on a dozen or so "innocent" Iraqi. Then later it was found out it was not a mosque but a holding area for storeing weapon caches, and those killed where Sadr Milita that where in fact killing innocent Iraqi Shia. So I just taint buying the current L/MSM varying versions until our military hand down their verdict.

[MNJohnnie]

“Allegations such as this, regardless of how they are borne out by the facts, can have an effect on the ability of U.S. forces to continue to operate,” Army Brig. Gen. Carter Ham

Notice, how the Junk Media have taken the quote word "Allegations" and spun it to be a "Fact"?

[floriduh voter]

If you think I am from Satan, you better re-evaluate that.

[cardinal4]

Agreed. Murtha showed his colors long ago. And we all know where the DNCMSM is coming from..

[AmeriBrit]

human rights reporter = Amnesty International USA

Amnesty International USA combined with a CNN reporter should say it all.