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[Seymour] Hersh denies saying [Vice President] Cheney killed Bhutto
The Gulf Times ^ | May 19, 2009

Posted on 05/19/2009 7:55:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

US journalist Seymour Hersh yesterday contradicted news reports being published in South Asia that quote him as saying a “special death squad” made by former US vice-president Dick Cheney had killed Benazir Bhutto. The award-winning journalist described as “complete madness” the reports that the squad headed by General Stanley McChrystal the new commander of US Army in Afghanistan had also killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafique al-Hariri.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; assassination; assassinationplots; assassinationring; bhutto; cheney; denial; generalmcchrystal; hersh; lebanon; pakistan; wot
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I wonder who put those words in his mouth, then? The plot thickens...
1 posted on 05/19/2009 7:55:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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..its elementary, Watson
Liberals: Bush's Fault

2 posted on 05/19/2009 8:00:09 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid / deadly things happen... :^)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow. This is probably Pelosi et al hitting back. Like Krauthammer said a few days ago, Pelosi will be the one feeling the hurt.


3 posted on 05/19/2009 8:00:35 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seymour Hersh has made an entire career out of writing lies. Last week he said there were photos of U.S. servicemen raping little boys in Iraq in order to “break” their suspect mothers. Hersh is a vile piece of excrement.


4 posted on 05/19/2009 8:02:56 PM PDT by FreepShop1
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He needs Jailed for that stupidity.Maybe post some pictures of him and farm animals.


5 posted on 05/19/2009 8:24:35 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: FreepShop1

Agreed. Hersh is a lying sack of filth.


6 posted on 05/19/2009 8:30:12 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: FreepShop1

He did make the child rape claim - but where is the evidence? He should be forced to produce evidence after an accusation of that level.


7 posted on 05/19/2009 9:10:37 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Joe Biden: Once you get past the lead taste, paint chips are pretty good.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Liberal Rule #1: Spew untruths as you please.
Liberal Rule #2: When caught telling an untruth, lie and assert otherwise.
Liberal Rule #3: Rinse and Repeat.


8 posted on 05/19/2009 9:28:07 PM PDT by cranked
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a weasel this guy is.


9 posted on 05/19/2009 9:47:56 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seymour Hersh

10 posted on 05/19/2009 11:56:41 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C05%5C19%5Cstory_19-5-2009_pg7_4
“”I did not say Cheney killed Benazir: Hersh
LAHORE: US journalist Seymour Hersh on Monday contradicted news reports being published in South Asia that quote him as saying a “special death squad” made by former US vice president Dick Cheney had killed Benazir Bhutto. The award-winning journalist described as “complete madness” the reports that the squad headed by General Stanley McChrystal – the new commander of US army in Afghanistan – had also killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafique Al Hariri and a Lebanese army chief. “Vice president Cheney does not have a death squad. I have no idea who killed Mr Hariri or Mrs Bhutto,” Hersh said. “I have never said that I did have such information. I most certainly did not say anything remotely to that effect during an interview with an Arab media outlet.” He said Gen McChrystal had run a special forces unit that engaged in “high value target activity”, but “while I have been critical of some of that unit’s activities in the pages of the New Yorker and in interviews, I have never suggested that he was involved in political assassinations or death squads on behalf of Mr Cheney, as the published stories state.” He regretted that none of the publications had contacted him before carrying the report. “This is another example of blogs going bonkers with misleading and fabricated stories and professional journalists repeating such rumours without doing their job – and that is to verify such rumours.” staff report””


11 posted on 05/20/2009 12:00:49 AM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can’t say what I am thinking.


12 posted on 05/20/2009 12:34:18 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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This may be old news to everyone, but I just discovered this interview Benazir Bhutto, where she refers to someone as the "one who murdered Osama Bin Laden". Thus the speculation that she was killed to shut her up. Since if OBL is dead, why were we still in Afghanistan.
13 posted on 05/20/2009 6:25:52 AM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic (The answer to 1984 is 1776!)
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Hersh looks like a Soros clone.


14 posted on 05/20/2009 6:26:27 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (tagline under renovation)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seymour Hiney is a VILE LIAR!


15 posted on 05/20/2009 6:26:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A soldier was sentenced to 90 years in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years for conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her and her family.

It would appear there is proof of soldiers raping children in Iraq.

16 posted on 05/20/2009 6:36:41 AM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic (The answer to 1984 is 1776!)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh

She was referring to Omar Sheikh, the man convicted of murdering Daniel Pearl. She probably meant to say Pearl instead of Bin Laden. There seems to be no evidence that she actually thought Bin Laden was dead.


17 posted on 05/20/2009 6:37:20 AM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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No, not that, but raped systematically ordered for interrogation purposes. That is what Hersh is talking about.


18 posted on 05/20/2009 7:28:21 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Joe Biden: Once you get past the lead taste, paint chips are pretty good.)
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To: Clovis_Skeptic

Any time you put 150,000 young men somewhere, there is going to be an occasional rape or assault. I don’t care if it’s a worldwide peace convention, much less an army. We don’t recruit from Sunday schools.


19 posted on 05/20/2009 12:28:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible." Machiavelli)
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No, not that, but raped systematically ordered for interrogation purposes. That is what Hersh is talking about.

That would be terrible if that were found out to be true. Yet, it is hard to accept this type of info from any source, cause it would rock our core beliefs, and trust.

20 posted on 05/20/2009 3:51:49 PM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic (The answer to 1984 is 1776!)
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