Posted on 11/23/2006 3:12:54 PM PST by RedRover
Darryl Sharratt often breaks into tears when trying to start sentences that include the word "Haditha."..."I love my son. He's my hero," Theresa Sharratt says calmly. "He's not what they're portraying him as. I can't believe that this is happening to us. To him."
The Sharratts have remained silent until now because they did not know what to say....They have privately fumed about politicians -- such as Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) -- who have publicly stated that their son was part of a brutal, vengeful slaughter. And they are livid that no one in the Marine Corps has stepped forward to defend their son.
"He's very confident he did nothing wrong, and we believe him," Theresa Sharratt said in a recent interview in the family home in Canonsburg, Pa., which is south of Pittsburgh. Her husband wiped his eyes and added: "He felt he was doing his job. And, now, the Marine Corps has betrayed these guys. All of them."
Marine Corps officials have declined to comment about the case, as a nine-month investigation rests in the hands of prosecutors who have not yet decided on charges.
In [an]...account, recently obtained by The Washington Post...Marines in the squad reported seeing, hearing and feeling gunshots flying over their heads in short bursts immediately before they entered the houses. The scenes inside, according to the account, were chaotic, as Marines threw fragmentation grenades and then fired shots through the dust and smoke.
One Marine...said that no one overreacted to the death of their friend, Cpl. Miguel "TJ" Terrazas, and that the troops focused on the mission. Answering written questions under the condition of anonymity, the Marine said no one seemed to be out for revenge. Instead, he said, the men wanted to make sure comrades came out from the ambush alive.
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Exactly! The punk being an Iraqi with insurgency sympathies named Thaer Thabit al-Hadithi.
On November 20th of last year, he videotaped bodies at the local morgue, people wailing, and the homes of dead Iraqis in Haditha. He then spends four months, trying to find a media outlet who will buy his tale.
In the Time magazine story of March 19, al-Hadithi is falsely described as a "budding journalist student" with ties to Human Rights Watch. The Associated Press claimed that al-Hadithi is an "Iraq investigator". In truth, al-Hadithi is just a middle-aged Iraqi with a video camera who has played the American media (with help from Murtha) like a fiddle from hell.
Thank you. You're a friend with his head on straight!
Been atwork since 6AM.. Thanks for your best wishes toward my nephew. I am sure most of us wish the very best for them all. They are among our very best.
Yes, I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our heroes. ;*)
Hope yours was blessed as well.
...don't get me started
LOL! I see you have already started and got a great deal done! Hopefully, I will be able to catch up next week with everything.
Somehow I think you're still way ahead of me, Justa! Yes, Thanksgiving was a great day here at Villa Rover. And I'm so pleased to have a ping list again. Life is good. ;)
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Again...thanks for the reminder ping!
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