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Help the 'Pendleton 8' and their families.

The 'Pendleton 8': A look at the 7 Marines and Navy corpsman charged in Hamdania incident
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670877/posts

VIDEO-Camp Pendleton demonstration for Marines
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1655852/posts

Marine families wait and worry; (Frustrations, anger expressed by relatives of Pendleton 8)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1671948/posts

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Attorney: Col. visited ‘Pendleton 8’ before announcing charges
Navy Times article - 07/28/06

Accused troops' supporters busy fundraising - Hamdaniya / 'Pendleton 8' defense funds ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1654104/posts

Dozens rally at Camp Pendleton gates(24 June 2006) ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655341/posts

Military justice under spotlight in Hamdania case - 'Pendleton 8' - 7 Marines, 1 Navy Corpsman ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655333/posts

Lawyers for Marines, medic plan counterattack in Iraq murder case - Hamdaniya - 'Pendleton 8' ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656712/posts

FREE REPUBLIC EXCLUSIVE: DIRECT INFORMATION ON THE 7 MARINES AND SAILOR HELD FOR MURDER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659084/posts

Defending the accused: Many attorneys in Hamdania case practiced law .. in military - 'Pendleton 8'
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659351/posts

Letter reportedly from accused servicemen expresses thanks(Camp Pendleton 8)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1660140/posts

Delay is likely for (Camp)Pendleton(8) hearings
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1668925/posts

Attorneys for accused troops say Marine Corps hampering defenses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1669976/posts

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Some of the familes and supporters of the 7 Hamdaniya Marines & a Navy Corpsman, now charged with multiple criminal offenses, have setup web sites for use in accepting donations for legal defense funds or sending notes of encouragement and support to the detainees and their families.

Cpl. Robert Pennington
http://www.defendrob.com

PFC John Jodka
http://www.innocentmarine.com

Tyler Jackson
http://www.fightingfortyler.com

Cpl. Marshall Magincalda
http://www.defendourmarine.com

Cpl. Trent Thomas
http://www.defensefundformyhero.com

Lance Cpl Jerry Shumate
http://friendsofjerry.blogspot.com/

Hospital Corpsman Third Class Melson J. Bacos
http://patriotdefensefund.com/

Other sites supporting the men:

http://www.defendthetruth.com

http://www.warrior-fund.org

If your financial situation permits, please help as you can to defer legal representation costs.

Thanks!

There is a whole lot of stuff that needs to come out about that area. It's a stronghold for insurgents. I'm not saying those guilty by association need to be shot, but from what I've read there were some extenuating circumstances that may need to come out. Did anyone else hear about DVDs of an American marine being disemboweled? That would set me off.

Un-named Pentagon Officials, Time Magazine assertions, Fat-mouthed jacka** posing as a U.S. Congressman. Whats wrong with this picture? THEY WERE'NT THERE! Seems to me that if a car bomb exploded, killed 15 bystanders, and a firefight ensued thereafter, that there was alot of sh*t flying around and a strong possibility that people, both alive and already dead, would have the potential to be repeatedly ventilated. Whats the distinguishing difference between a killing wound in a massacre, compared to an intense firefight? I guess you have to be an Un-named Pentagon Official, Time Magazine news whore, or a loud-mouthed jacka** posing as a U.S. Congressman to make that call. Must be wonderful to be omniscient and omnipresent. "Semper Fi to the 8, an to Hell with the Washington stuffed shirts". G.R. Baxter Msgt USMC (Retired)

What I find most interesting about this is the fact that Murtha and the un named Pentagon sources feel justified in using this information for political purposes. They obviously think we shouldn't be in Iraq, and feel no shame in trashing the reputations of US soldiers who have not even been charged yet, in order to make their argument.

It is shameful behavior. I am not in favor of the on going presence of US troops in Iraq either, but what Murtha and the Pentagon leaker's are doing is profoundly dishonorable. I hope Murtha loses his law suit and the Pentagon leaker's are identified and fired.