Try this source: On record
Lieut. Colonel Michelle Martin-Hing, spokeswoman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq, told Time the involvement of the ncis does not mean that a crime occurred. And she says the fault for the civilian deaths lies squarely with the insurgents, who "placed noncombatants in the line of fire as the Marines responded to defend themselves."
Or explain how the WaPo completely screwed up a On Record source: (From Hugh Hewitt):
The Post has been unable to get anyone from the Pentagon on the record on the investigation, using mostly anonymous sources. The one man they did get on the record on Friday was retired Brig. Gen. David H. Brahms, a long-time lawyer with the Marine Corps who has experience with these types of cases. His quote is in the third paragraph. See if you can guess why the prominent first-quote placement:
"When these investigations come out, there's going to be a firestorm," said retired Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms, formerly a top lawyer for the Marine Corps. "It will be worse than Abu Ghraib -- nobody was killed at Abu Ghraib."
I have a feeling someone was lying in wait for an Abu Ghraib reference. I read the quote and was taken aback because I spoke to the same Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms about the case this week, and his sentiments were very different from those presented in the Post. Which explains why he sent me this statement yesterday:
"Recent reporting on the events in Haditha, Iraq have included significant factual errors and/or misleading statements. This includes a quote attributed to me in the Washington Post this morning that was taken completely out of context and its meaning distorted. Many facts that are favorable to the Marines involved have not yet been disclosed."
32 posted on 06/01/2006 8:40:31 AM PDT by pissant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641730/posts?page=32#32
BTTT
Un-freaking believable.
But entiirely believable that the newsies would pick and choose quotes to suit their purposes.
BTTT
I am restraining myself on this, but I'm getting angrier by the minute.
Were the 'victims' Muslim?
A Marines job is to kill the enemy.
Future suicide bombers eliminated.If any of those Marines were my son or relative, I'll be damned if I'd want him prosecuted for doing his job.
I have a simple take on all of this.
In war- surrounded by the enemy- our soldiers are always right. ALWAYS. Even in mistakes or 'unfortunate' incidents.
Thanks for the ping!
When is it right to convict someone in the press and have congressmen applying undue official influence to taint any possible verdict?
Answer: when it is the US Military, and the politicians are democrats and the press is the mainstream media, and the target is the American War Effort.
T6, ping to Tonk's post #38.
The news media have so disgraced themselves that is has become un-American to watch them.