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Haditha Child: I Knew of Bomb Plot to Kill Marines
NewsMax.com ^ | June 3, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 06/03/2006 8:26:22 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax

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To: cardinal4
His lips are moving..

True that cardinal4!

101 posted on 06/03/2006 10:14:07 AM PDT by TexKat
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To: tomnbeverly
Good movie for you to review.. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT....

You're going to cite a movie to me as an authority?

102 posted on 06/03/2006 10:16:53 AM PDT by jude24 ("I said the law was powerless to help you, not punish you." - Chief Wiggam)
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To: SE Mom
Exhume is exhume.

Were not the Iraqi bodies (results of the evil of Saddam and his henchmen) in mass graves in Iraq exhumed?

103 posted on 06/03/2006 10:19:01 AM PDT by TexKat
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To: cardinal4
In one of the homes, Marines ordered four brothers inside a closet and shot them dead, said the Haditha lawyer, Khaled Salem Rsayef.

Intresting how these people keep turning up with ties to terrorist groups or far left Hate America Always groups INDEPENDENCE: April 2006Thousands more gathered in Salem, Ore., and other cities in peaceful, ... An eyewitness Khaled Ahmed Rsayef whose brother was among the dead told the Time: ... redindependence.blogspot.com/ 2006_04_01_redindependence_archive.html - 836k - Cached - Similar pages

104 posted on 06/03/2006 10:25:35 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (I would rather be an Iraqi in a Hidatha guarded by Marines, then a subject of Al-Qeda anywhere.)
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To: romanesq; cardinal4

Watch the video here.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/31/haditha/index.html

Video on lower right hand side of the screen. Called "Haditha Uncovered.

Perhaps someone can explain to me the logical and factual flaws in the "Iraqi Civilian Right Groups" "story. How can these facts be logically reconciled with what the Iraqis, and some supposed Freepers, are accusing the Marines of doing?

To Quote Time:

"According to published reports, a number of Marines from the storied 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division are accused killing more than 20 Iraqi civilians in retaliation for the death of one of their comrades by a roadside bomb in November, 2005."

Okie, 20 Dead Civilians. Which we are told were all shot thus supposedly proving "the Marines falsified the original report". So what could just be an honest mistake between a Marine's assumption on the spot of cause of death in his After Action Report (We didn't fire up the building, they were dead, must of been the bomb shrapnel) with a medical examiners report filed after a autopsies is NOW claimed by the accusers as"proof" that the "Marines Lied".

Ok so the accusation is they were all shot to death at short range in a building that had not been penetrated by any rounds from outside. No bullet holes in the building, must mean it was not Collateral Damage but a deliberate act is the accusers claims. In other words the accusers claim the Marines shot to death the Iraqis inside the building as a deliberate act not an accident of war. In fact, Some are running around claiming a shrapnel wound is so obviously different that a Combat Infantry Marine would know the difference between the two. Leave aside the obviously question why would Infantry Marine would be examining the wounds of dead Civilians, lets assume, that is correct.

Ok, then how come the "survivors" as interviewed for CNN by the "Iraqi Civil Rights group" are making such obviously absurd claims on the video?

"They burned the room with my father in it then threw a bomb"? Neat trick that. How they "Burn the room"? We don't use flame throwers. "Threw a bomb" but the accusers are telling us it all gun shot wounds. "a Bomb" inflict shrapnel wounds.

Notice also the mannerism of the "children survivors". Having come thru what would of been the most terrifying event of their lives and being forced to talk about it again, yet the kids show no hesitation or emotion. Just a dull recital of supposed "Facts" as if they were reciting a story as an memorization assignment in School. Very strange that. Absolutely no real emotion, just a breathless recital of "Facts" Then when done speaking look over to the person standing to the right of the camera (You can see his shadow behind the kids). Sure looks like kids looking at a teacher to see how they did in reciting their "lesson"

Then there is the part where the "Iraqi Civil Rights Group" filming the kids told the Iraqi boy to "show his wounds". It must not of occurred to the "Iraqi Civil Rights Group" making the video to consider the Iraqi boy's supposed "wound". Apparently no one bothered to think about where he was "shot". The supposed "wound" supposedly inflicted by US Marines at point blank range, (as claimed by the "Iraqi Civil Rights Group)" is directly over his spine. Yet when told he got up and turned around for the camera to "Show his wounds"?

If he HAD been shot there, he would be crippled for life, his spine severed just below the neck. So all this is being based on the claims of an "Iraqi Civil Rights Group" which are demonstrated to be lying. Since they lied about this, what ELSE might they have lied about? So maybe some one can explain these inconsistencies in the "witnesses" testimony? Some "Americans", especially in the Junk Media, maybe want to rethink their rush to judgment on these Marines


106 posted on 06/03/2006 10:34:53 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (I would rather be an Iraqi in a Hidatha guarded by Marines, then a subject of Al-Qeda anywhere.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"The bomb [then] exploded," she explained. "The bomb struck an armored vehicle. I don't know if it was a Humvee or an armored vehicle. When the bomb exploded, they came straight to my house."

Why did they go straight to HER house? Was it the only house in the area?

107 posted on 06/03/2006 10:37:46 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Watch the video by the "Iraqi Civil Rights Group" here.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/31/haditha/index.html

Video on lower right hand side of the screen. Called "Haditha Uncovered.

Even by the admitted ultra low standards of the American Big "News" media this is pretty obvious propaganda.

You tell me how the Iraqi boy in the video got shot by US Marines right over his spine and isn't at a minimum crippled for life, and maybe I will doubt. Until someone can explain this miraculous recovery, I say PURE BS. Terrorist Propaganda swallowed hook, line and sinker by the Hate America Leftist and their Junk Journalist Toady's.
108 posted on 06/03/2006 10:38:51 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (I would rather be an Iraqi in a Hidatha guarded by Marines, then a subject of Al-Qeda anywhere.)
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To: TexKat

Godspeed.


109 posted on 06/03/2006 10:47:49 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Sorry I didn't Ping you. My apologies.

I'm praying that the Marines in question won't be thrown under the bus by the politicos who are trying to score points for their efforts.

110 posted on 06/03/2006 10:49:52 AM PDT by Maigrey (FRiends don't let FRiends stay stuck on Stupid!)
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To: MilspecRob
Why so, after all she's seen them for years?

It just strikes me as odd how she referred to them as an 'armored vehicle' and a 'humvee'. If she had said a 'tank' or a 'truck', fine...but the terms she used are very precise for a 12 year old Iraqi girl.

111 posted on 06/03/2006 10:53:58 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: Maigrey

No apologies required. I just respond when I see my name. 8)


112 posted on 06/03/2006 10:54:12 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: romanesq
...the king whopper is the Arab Sunni Baathist liar...

No Shiite...

113 posted on 06/03/2006 11:06:36 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Repeat San Jacinto!!! AND START IN AUSTIN!!!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

If this is true, it is no reason to kill children. Still, being in the situation is different from discussing it from our safe comfortable homes. I can see the other side. How some marines could have "lost it" in the heat of the passion. Sad all around.

If they did do this, it was wrong. But it was more wrong for the adults of this household to put their children and other family members at such risk. At the very least, they should have moved family out of harm's way if they are going to be war participants. You don't go to war hiding behind your children.


114 posted on 06/03/2006 11:27:20 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: xzins
Re: I'm trying to piece together the actual facts about the event.
I'm happy you posted this:


1. Everyone agrees this started with an IED explosion crippling a US vehicle.
2. There is no doubt that the IED attack killed one of our troops and wounded at least one other.

3. There are reports of a firefight.

4. There are reports of dead civilians.



We all agree on the facts.

The key part about the IED killing one American, and rendering the other American soldier on conscious is that this is the moment of enemy contact. When contact with the enemy is made, the rest of the team have an obligation to fight through the ambush and secure the bodies of the wounded and dead. This is no small thing. One of our guys, in an interview by a NBC affiliate recalls the IED going off, his driver being killed, and he woke up in the hospital 24 hours later, thanks to the rest of his team.

When 2 members of your team have been rendered combat ineffective by enemy contact, 1 wounded, the other dead, the rest of the team are obligated to go lethal.

In the weeks and months ahead, many people will attempt to over look these facts, and we should not let them.

The IED was the Atrocity, and that's the reality.

115 posted on 06/03/2006 11:31:32 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

The plot thickens...


116 posted on 06/03/2006 11:48:12 AM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: Carl/NewsMax
The way that this "story" is starting to unravel leads me the conclusion that one (or more) of the Marines involved in the alleged incident must have said something that at least appeared to incriminate him/them. If not, then I can only assume that the previous "investigations" were extremely cursory, and don't match the "evidentiary" standards that would get someone convicted in a US court (civilian or military). In other words, the only reason this "investigation" hasn't already been dropped is Iraqi "political" sensibilities. What amazes me is how the Iraqi Police are always "johnny on the spot" for these "massacres" in areas that they're otherwise afraid to be seen.
117 posted on 06/03/2006 11:48:23 AM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: Carl/NewsMax

This statement by the "witness" raises all sorts of doubts about the credibility of the Murtha-jihadist propaganda version of the story, as you well know. If a 12 year old knew about the IED then others in the house surely did, too. Were some of her family members involved, or did they 'merely' see the jihadists setting up the IED? They knew a 500 lb. bomb was going to go off in front of their house and they did not flee the area?????? Anyone would know that all hell would break loose after the explosion, with a likely firefight and home searches, etc. Either the family was being kept their against their will in order to become victims, or else they were part of the plot. This all smells like a jihadist agit-prop set-up.


118 posted on 06/03/2006 12:24:08 PM PDT by Enchante (General Hayden: I've Never Taken a Domestic Flight That Landed in Waziristan!)
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To: jude24
You don't believe in innocent until proven guilty? Have you not read ANY of these threads? This girl's (12 or 13 yrs. old) story has changed several times at this point: she was saved by a) her brother falling on her, b) her sister falling on her (with blood spurting), c) her mother falling on her (who's blood spurted on her so the Marines thought she was dead) d)she hid in the bathtub, e) her sister was shot in the head 7 times (which means her sister wouldn't HAVE a head left), f) her brother (was this the one who fell on her in other versions?) was drug from underneath the bed and shot, g)she was in her room getting ready for school (even though she wasn't going to school because she knew about the bomb).

Now if this were a 5 or 6 year old I could understand the confusion but a child of this age would KNOW which family member fell on her, would KNOW whether she was in the bathroom, kitchen or living room, would KNOW and thus have stated from the beginning that her sister was shot in the head 7 times (rather interesting she only now remembers this event in enough detail to count the number of shots but can't seem to remember WHO, if anyone, fell on her and saved her life).

I don't expect anyone to remember these kinds of traumatic events perfectly, but PLEASE, there's just NO WAY her story would change this much. That ANYONE would believe the (CHANGING) story of a girl, a "doctor" & "photographer" (both held by US as terrorist sympathizers or worse, thus having a grudge) and the MSM over a Marine is just astounding. So tell me, just what is it that makes you inclined to believe these Marines are coldblooded killers of innocent Iraqi's? I seen a ton of information posted that certainly casts doubt on the veracity of the Hadithan's version of events, but little that supports it. So just what "facts" make you believe the stories in the press? Where's your "proof" of a slaughter? Time for you to put up.

Cindie

119 posted on 06/03/2006 12:27:13 PM PDT by gardencatz
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To: TexKat

Q: What's worse than a lying lawyer?

A: A lying Baath-jihadist scumbag of a lawyer.


120 posted on 06/03/2006 12:29:56 PM PDT by Enchante (General Hayden: I've Never Taken a Domestic Flight That Landed in Waziristan!)
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