Posted on 01/06/2007 2:31:13 PM PST by RedRover
There is now a Defense Fund established for the Haditha Marines. To aid the civilian defense of the eight accused, send donations to:
Marine Iraq Legal Defense Fund, Inc.
c/o Judge Victor Ramirez
P.O. Box 1255
Solana Beach, CA 92075
Your donation can be earmarked to one of the accused or to all of the Haditha Marines who stand trial. Write your preference on the memo line of the check.
Thanks, Red. I fear you may be right.
Don't let the leaks get to you, panther, there's been many since Murtha's despicable performance.
I can't figure out why these people/organizations feel the need to leak anything regarding this war. Where is the integrity of these people?
Jaz, Thanks, I am back to working those emails now. :)
Ya you guys have been pounding the pavement here longer than I, guess I am gonna have to get used to this. Looks like its gonna be a long haul.
I think there are leaks because the leakers believe it desensitizes the public and sells the "killer" image that needs to be sold in order to convict our heroes. Later, when the story is put into the context of the true and complete story, the damage is already done. Most MSM people hate our military so much they jump all over the leaks and revel in the story they are helping to create. It is a bunch of crap, most people know that this is war and our marines aren't criminals. They are doing their job, period. Judge Ramirez has a heart for our marines. I'm going to contribute. These marines have laid their lives on the line for me, its the LEAST I can do.
God bless George and Andy Terrazas.
When I was talking to a defense fund lawyer, he said their whole effort for the Pendleton 8 pretty much collapsed when Jodka copped a plea. Lily was told the same thing. If a Marine cops a plea in this case, it's better if it doesn't come as a tremendous shock.
Thanks, Flyer. There's a lot of truth in what you say and these Marines deserve our support to help them get the defense they deserve.
They did lay their lives on the line for us and we have to back them now.
Marine officials have accused the troops of failing to identify their targets before using grenades and guns to kill 14 unarmed people in the houses, including several young children in their pajamas, in a span of about 10 minutes, according to the documents.
Pretend that is italics
I will come back and attempt to paste from post 580 when they stated it took 3 hrs
December 30, 2006
A unit of Camp Pendleton Marines used automatic weapons, a pistol and a grenade to kill 24 civilians over three hours, then tried to tie all the deaths to combat action.
Pretend you see italics again for my cut and paste...
Now why the big time change?
I feel so little for so much on their part.
http://pettifog.us/2007/01/06/new-details-emerge-in-iraq-slayings-case/
As said before, I am not CSI, but the photo with the blood from this link looks really fresh for being shot at least 2 days later?
The time reduction is interesting. Wonder why the big difference?
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As said before, I am not CSI, but the photo with the blood from this link looks really fresh for being shot at least 2 days later?
Yep, I agree with you there. Never would have thought to look at that :)
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HotAir has been analyzing the leaks too:
Haditha: Marines’ lawyers outraged by leak of NCIS report
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/06/haditha-marines-lawyers-outraged-by-leak-of-ncis-report/
That's been part of the frustration all along. The media keeps on reporting without reading what they wrote a day or two earlier. The leakers can keep changing the facts to suit themselves and the need of the moment.
Time for me to bug out. Cya tomorrow. Good work guys.
The telling and most enlightening portion of your post is this:
One person who has read the N.C.I.S. report and who is sympathetic to the marines’ account of events said that its thousands of pages provides evidence for both prosecution and defense teams, and that drawing conclusions from it about the guilt of any of the accused marines is difficult.
“For every statement that said X happened, there’s another statement that said Y happened,” this person said, speaking only after being granted anonymity, because he was not authorized to discuss the report.
(from the link I just posted)
I feel like there's been a tsunami of information today. I'm having a hard time keeping up. Thanks to you guys for hunting and gathering. I'll pull my weight tomorrow.
G'Night, panther. :-)
Ya..you are such a slacker!!! Good night!!
Silly me...I thought it was based on facts!
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