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Probe Finds Haditha Killings Unprovoked
Reuters ^ | 5-31-06 | Will Dunham

Posted on 05/31/2006 4:01:53 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drivebymedia; haditha; iraq; murthawatch; waronterror
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
I wasn't aware that there was an official line that must be adhered to at all costs.

The official line is the finalized official report coming out of the investigation. But considering what Ilario Pantano went thru, such investigation certainly isn't an end all to the circumstances involved is it?

Innocent till proven guilty is the official line Horsester........

221 posted on 05/31/2006 6:16:23 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't make me have to call Jack Bauer.......)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

Free Republic is NOT a tabloid so to post spreading rumors from a tabloid makes it okay?

I don't think so!


222 posted on 05/31/2006 6:17:34 PM PDT by stopem (God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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To: sinkspur

Well now, isn't that interesting. The thread that held the example that proved I was correct and you are wrong in post 118 of this thread has now disappeared.

Do you happen to also be a moderator/admin?


223 posted on 05/31/2006 6:17:54 PM PDT by Pox
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To: Fawnn; stopem; AmeriBrit; txrangerette
I firmly believe that we need to put on the full armor of God every time we come onto this forum.

We need to be prepared to defend against the arrows of the Enemy at every turn.

This forum needs to be covered in prayer, and so do we as we enter it.

224 posted on 05/31/2006 6:18:22 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
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To: ohioWfan

Amen and amen, ohioWfan!


225 posted on 05/31/2006 6:19:21 PM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamic Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: ohioWfan

Agreed! Where two or more are gathered and agree.....


226 posted on 05/31/2006 6:19:39 PM PDT by stopem (God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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To: usmcobra
"Actually we bombed Haditha that very day using AV-8 Harriers."

Holed up terrorist's were bombed during a firefight. "Don't you read these threads or just those posts to you?"

Busy here. I missed the stuff about the live interview with the 10 y/o girl. I can believe a 10y/o girl would do that. NCIS should see that and interview these people themselves. Shoots all the murtha's down the tubes.

227 posted on 05/31/2006 6:19:56 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: ohioWfan

I'm glad you showed up....lol...I had a phone call...


228 posted on 05/31/2006 6:21:04 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: lugsoul

Cut the drama Lugs, it does not work on me.


229 posted on 05/31/2006 6:21:48 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: floriduh voter; mystery-ak; ohioWfan

Make it about criticizing Karl Rove, then.

Rumours about the Presidential marriage??? That has to be thrown into the mix of anti-Rove comments? Come on.

Again, Laura is more seen as "a less-than-conservative- purist"...if anyone around him is seen that way. If anything, she might not like Rove's conservative side, and he does have one.

No matter, it doesn't need to be made into a troubled marriage scenario. She's mad at Rove for her husband's poll numbers, so she's soured on her husband??

DUH...


230 posted on 05/31/2006 6:23:25 PM PDT by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: robowombat
"In situations involving combat it matters not what the truth is. "

It always does.

"This is about winning not about being right or wrong."

Wrong. The only justification for violence is to protect life and rights. That's the diffence between us and the jihadis.

231 posted on 05/31/2006 6:24:54 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: raygun

Good for you, I choose the Marines who are in the battle, always, and no matter what.


232 posted on 05/31/2006 6:26:15 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: roses of sharon

Just askin' if you meant what you said. Do you?


233 posted on 05/31/2006 6:27:43 PM PDT by lugsoul (Livin' in fear is just another way of dying before your time. - Mike Cooley)
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To: ohioWfan
I think these soldiers are innocent unless and until they are proven guilty.

Enjoy my graphic.

If you want to believe they are Rob and Laura Petry, you go for it but don't assume that I'm not faithful because I'm on a reliable grapevine that you're not.

234 posted on 05/31/2006 6:29:03 PM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org & Tom Gallagher 4 Fla Guv: www.tg2006.com)
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To: spunkets

That firefight was reported to be less then a third of a mile away from this attack, could those holed up Terrorists have been the same ones that fired off this IED?

I'd say that with a bunch of pissed off Marines hot on their tail they could easily have run a third of a mile away to try and escape.


235 posted on 05/31/2006 6:29:40 PM PDT by usmcobra (A single rogue Marine, yeah that can happen, but a whole Unit, only a liberal would believe that BS)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I don't read tabloids.


236 posted on 05/31/2006 6:29:54 PM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org & Tom Gallagher 4 Fla Guv: www.tg2006.com)
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To: ohioWfan

Last post: I do not bear false witness. You are in denial but that would belong in chat.


237 posted on 05/31/2006 6:31:01 PM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org & Tom Gallagher 4 Fla Guv: www.tg2006.com)
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To: lugsoul
Scram, you sniveling MSM water-boy.
238 posted on 05/31/2006 6:32:00 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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