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This has been going on for the families of the Pendleton 8 and now Haditha.

The truth needs to be told, these men are being sacrificed.

The story below is from another Mother of one of the Marines from the Pendleton 8.

It has contact numbers for the local newspapers from California where most of the extensive print news comes from.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694314/posts
FREEPER EXCLUSIVE: COMMENTS FROM MARINE MOTHER OF PENDLETON 8

The link above is to a story by the LA Times, which does not allow us to post their stuff. In the article, it claims that two of the accused Marines of the Pendleton 8, Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III and Cpl. Trent D. Thomas, admitted to killing the Iraqi man in question as an act of murder, not combat.

The LA Times or the Marine Corps representative who was quoted, Capt. Nicholas L. Gannon, has deliberately misquoted the statements of these men.

The Comments below are those of Cpl Marshall Magincalda's mother, one of the Pendleton 8, with an appeal to ALL: Write the LA Times and inform them of this apparent deliberate misquote and how it taints a potential jury pool, and slanders our troops in time of war.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...

The Mother's comments are below, verbatim
HI GUYS: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS....WE NEED YOUR HELP IN DAMAGE CONTROL..........PLEASE CONTACT THE PAPER EDITOR, AND THE REPORTER AND DEMAND A RETRACTION. EVEN WITHIN THE ARTICLE THE STATEMENTS ARE NOT ACCURATE. THIS IS PER MR. LOW. OUR ATTORNEY. IT LOOKS SO BAD WITH MARSHALL JR'S PICTURE RIGHT UNDER THAT HEADLING. JUST TO SELL A DAMNED PAPER??? SAD, SO SAD! THANK YOU VERY MUCH KEEP THE FAITH, HOLD ON TO THE HOPE, AND WITH PRIDE.....

Contact numbers of the LA Times and addresses

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