Reuters Cameraman in Haditha-No Mention of Massacre

ABC News Online Australia ^ | November 20, 2005 | Reuters

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US details Haditha shoot-out

A roadside bomb that killed a US Marine in the restive town of Haditha on Saturday also killed 15 Iraqi civilians and led to intense clashes with insurgents.

The powerful bomb detonated as a US military convoy was passing through the town, which is 220 kilometres north-west of Baghdad.

The US military says immediately after the blast, gunmen opened fire on the convoy.

US and Iraqi soldiers returned fire, killing eight insurgents and wounding another in a firefight.

A cameraman working for Reuters in Haditha says bodies had been left lying in the street for hours after the attack.

He says the town has been virtually shut down for the past two days as US and Iraqi forces try to impose order.

US troops have been trying for months to quell the insurgency in Haditha and other Sunni Arab towns on the Euphrates.

It was suspected several months ago that Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was hiding out in the area.

The casualties from Saturday's blast raised the death toll from attacks across Iraq over the past three days to at least 166.

Sunni-led insurgents are stepping up their battle against US and Iraqi forces ahead of parliamentary elections in December.

- Reuters

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A cameraman working for Reuters in Haditha says bodies had been left lying in the street for hours after the attack.

Reuters camerman, Reuters Story, and no mention of Massacre. Maybe reuters has blind cameramen?? Do they really expect us to believe that Reuters withheld a story like this for 8 months when they has a cameraman right there during the supposed massacre?

The media really has no shame.

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[maine-iac7]

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[AuH2ORepublican]

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

HOLY S--T

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[jazusamo]

BTTT

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[ScaniaBoy]

PING!

Not our usual conspiracies but Haditha!

[bray]

If there was a massacre the camara would have been rolling. This is a framejob. Wonder if those people were dead before or after the bomb exploded?

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Lancey Howard]

Good find.
And yes, the dying socialist "mainstream" news media has no shame.

[tcrlaf]

bump to read in the morning...

[CrawDaddyCA]

Great find! The media is sooooo busted!!

[carumba]

I smell Dan Rather's stink.

[SR 50]

PING

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Marine Corps Times October 24, 2005 Monday SECTION: FAST TRACK; Pg. 9 LENGTH: 632 words HEADLINE: Around the Corps BODY: Iraq RCT--2 links car bomb to video evidence Members of Regimental Combat Team 2 found a video camera in the possession of three men stopped at a vehicle checkpoint northeast of Haditha, Iraq, on Oct. 12, according to a 2nd Marine Division news release. Minutes later, a similar white, four--door sedan approached the checkpoint. U.S. forces guarding the checkpoint used hand and arm gestures to signal the vehicle to stop, but the car continued to accelerate toward the checkpoint, even after warning shots were fired, according to the release. The vehicle detonated shortly after the first shots were fired, killing the driver.

When the video camera was inspected, it yielded several minutes of footage showing one of the men from the first sedan speaking to the driver of the car that detonated. The Marines said videotaping suicide car bombings is an insurgent propaganda tactic used to spread fear and intimidate Iraqi citizens. Earlier, Iraqi Security Forces discovered an insurgent propaganda center in Haditha. The site raided by Iraqi forces included "numerous prepared al--Qaida in Iraq compact discs and audio tapes, three computers, several printers, banner makers, multi--disk copiers and thousands of [blank] disks and tapes," according to an Oct. 10 Stars and Stripes newspaper report. SBD

[Peach]

This story absolutely SMELLS the more I read about it. Thanks so much for the ping to this one, ScaniaBoy.

[DustyMoment]

Reuters camerman, Reuters Story, and no mention of Massacre. Maybe reuters has blind cameramen?? Do they really expect us to believe that Reuters withheld a story like this for 8 months when they has a cameraman right there during the supposed massacre?

This is a hugh development . . . . . and series!!!

When Reuters misses a chance to bash either Bush and/or the US, it means that the underlying story being told by our MSM has no legs. Great news for our Marines!!!!

[Peach]

This is a temporary blog which is tracking the Haditha story and the irresponsible media reporting.

http://spiritbuilders.blogspot.com/

[Royal Wulff]

This is big. A Reuters camerman! He may have filmed the aftermath of the IED, which may show some of the same bodies found in the house. Ultimate proof of a set-up.

[Pride in the USA]

This is the kind of evidence that the media will not want us to hear. An eye witness who is also a member of the media? Perfect and so ironic.