Six Marines charged with assault in Iraq

Smart kid.

Hayden Malloy, 3, shies away from U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., left, as he enters a campaign stop for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell in Carrolltown, Pa. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006. A Marine Corps sergeant under investigation in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha is accusing Rep. John P. Murtha of defaming him in public comments about the case. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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!

ping

More nonsense. Bush need to reign in these lawyers, it's getting ridiculous.

Thanks for the ping to this foolishness.

fyi

Bush need to reign in these lawyers, it's getting ridiculous.

With all due respect, your demand is ridiculous.

You don't seem to be willing to allow the military to do its job in policing its own.

Hayden Malloy, 3, shies away from U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha...

The kid has more sense than his dopey old man...

Really hard to imagine "assault charges" during war.

Ugh. Going after our own again I see.

Iraq will be an example for years and years to come about how not to fight a war. I am too young to really remember Vietnam, but I think I might now know how patriotic Americans must have felt watching our nation waste blood and treasure fighting a "hearts and minds" war instead of fighting to win.

Pathetic.

they have made more than a few convictions on their own, thankyou very much.

No, we are in the middle of a war, and they are worrying about and assualt charge? And you want our guys prosecuted for this?

it details incidents where Marines allegedly extracted information from suspected insurgents, or "high-value individuals," using force.

That's a crock of shiite if I've ever heard it. BTW, your boy Murtha was caught lying, again.

Thanks for the ping Calpernia!

OMG!!! The MARINES used force in a WAR ZONE. What the he!! is wrong with people??

"The charges are going to be about the nature and method with which these Marines obtained information," Casas said. "It will probably be that they used physical force."

Who is quoted with saying "Help is on the way?"

I'm sure you agree with the grand larceny charge, as well? This is par for the course for an administration and military leadership that values mosques more than Marines.

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!! Look at us, peaceful Mooselimbs! We are your friends! We will even throw our own soldiers under the bus you haven't blown up yet to show you how much we mean you no harm!

Murtha is not my "boy."

It appears that you don't trust the military to do the right thing here.

There is a UMCJ and, as I understand it, the Marines are following it to a "t".

Should they just look the other way instead?

Want to play a game?

This is par for the course for an administration and military leadership that values mosques more than Marines.

Yours is the Dumbest Post of the Day.

Excuse me?

"Assault?"
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give me a friggin break!!
are we at war or not!

It's time for the Bush administration and the Corps to step up to the plate and support the troops in Iraq & Afghanistan. If we're gonna start filing charges for "assault" against Marines in combat then it is TIME TO BRING THEM HOME!
Point, Game, Set, Match!

So far you seem to be believing his version of events. Thought maybe he had some cred with you.

For extracting info forcefully from high value target? Yes

For killing a high value target? Yes

For beating the crap out of a high value target? Yes

For doing that to an innocent civilian, no.

The Marines are bringing the charges, not me. Take it up with the Marine commanders.