Posted on 01/18/2007 3:45:16 AM PST by RedRover
Edited on 01/18/2007 8:27:44 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
The report on the investigation of the Haditha slayings by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), leaked to the Washington Post by anonymous Pentagon sources, is based on incomplete information and is badly flawed, a source tells NewsMax.
In an careful, point-by-point examination, a veteran Marine intelligence officer, who was present and monitored the day-long action from its onset, revealed to NewsMax unknown facts either ignored by the NCIS or of which the agency seemed totally unaware.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
We've missed you, too, Justie! We've been like the dwarves without Snow White!
The 1st one had some inconsistancies with it, including this description of what happened to the men in the Taxi;
"According to Fahmi, the young men and their driver turned onto the street and saw the wrecked Humvee and the Marines. Khidher threw the car into reverse, trying to back away at full speed, Fahmi said, and the Marines opened fire from about 30 yards away, killing all the men inside the taxi"
1st WaPost article on 5/27
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/26/AR2006052602069.html
2nd WaPost article on 1/6
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010502248.html?sub=AR
Wow! Look out Justa, he must want a favor or something. :-)
Bump to that, B4!
As to the other point, I've never seen NewsMax slammed on FR. WND, yes. But not NewsMax. Maybe I've missed something.
I find this report credible because it jibes with earlier MSM reports. An earlier NY Times report, for instance, quoted a critic of the leaked document as saying, "For every statement A in the report, someone else makes statment B." There was not a hint of this in the WaPo article.
Me??? Never!
Though there was that one eensy, weensy thing I asked for and never received an answer about. Still, I'm too big a man to keep begging.
Get Salena zotted!!! Please.....????
LOL! We know him too well! ;*)
Waiting.....
LOL! I know nothing!
Then you were not at the right place, at the right time, with the right people, my FRiend.
There was a time that the mere mention of NewsMax caused one to run for cover!
NewsMax is a Drudge-type site started by a guy from Long Island (I believe) named Carl who used to post here frequently. The site is a tad "low-budget" and, like Drudge, sometimes gets a little over-zealous with the headlines. Often, NewsMax will post a story based on listening to WABC radio interviews. Other times, NewsMax will post stories based on parts of other stories that did not get the proper attention. Stuff like that.
But I believe the site is honest. Carl works hard and I have no doubt that this story is an accurate account of his interview (probably a phone call) with the Marine source.
Kudos to Carl and NewsMax.
There is that thing you asked me to do and I'm trying to remember if I got it done. Going to check now.
This isn't tinfoil hat land. When Wolf Blitzer on CNN challenged Murtha about how he knew a "massacre" had taken place, Murtha said there were pictures in Time magazine.
Anyone who would behead an infidel would have no qualms about putting a bullet into the head of a corpse or even slitting the throat of a living child for some Technicolor special effects.
Also, Haditha was a hotbed of terrorists and their sympatizers. In a war with the US where the media is used to shape opinion, the terrorists seized on this incident. Our anti-war media, led by Tim "Taliban Turkey" McGirk, and Murtha did the rest.
So here we are. The NCIS is trying to extract "confessions" from innocent men to get this whole thing done and dusted. "Confessions" would put another notch in the NCIS agents' belts, and more scalps on their office walls.
Just fooling with you, Justie! There's nothing I want but more of you. Is that so wrong?
Not to mention the fact that the investigation was not completed for FOUR months after his decree of guilt!
I didn't know there was that feeling about NewsMax. I've been on nothing but military threads for some time. Pardon my ignorance.
You did ask me to do something, using my contacts, and I cannot remember if I did it. So much going on this week!
WOW!!
Well, jaz did ask for a tuna melt with fries and I asked for the portobello mushroom wrap with gorgonzola. And it is pushing 3:30, EST. But, no matter. We'll Freep right through our hunger pains.
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