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Military Jury Clears Blue Island Navy Seal
WGN News ^ | Aprill 22, 2010 | Staff

Posted on 04/22/2010 5:18:36 AM PDT by raptor22

CHICAGO - Julio Huertas, a Navy Seal from Blue Island Illinois, has been cleared by a military jury of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraq prisoner suspected of masterminding a 2004 attack that killed four American security contractors.

The burning death of the contractors became a major turning point in the Iraq war. There bodies were dragged through the streeets of Fallujah and two were hanged from a bridge over the Euphrates River.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blueisland; chicago; illinois; juliohuertas; sealtrial

1 posted on 04/22/2010 5:18:36 AM PDT by raptor22
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To: raptor22

That’s good news.

Now, for the bad. WGN should fire all journalists who don’t know the difference between “their” and “there.”


2 posted on 04/22/2010 5:23:44 AM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: bgill
*** Now, for the bad. WGN should fire all journalists who don’t know the difference between “their” and “there.” ***

Go easy on WGN, they hire the handicapped.

They only recruit MORONS ;-)

3 posted on 04/22/2010 5:33:49 AM PDT by Condor51 (SAT CONG!)
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To: bgill
WGN should fire all journalists who don’t know the difference between “their” and “there.”
I often refer to myself as so old I know the difference between there, they're and their.
Today's publik schools just don't give a "dam."
4 posted on 04/22/2010 5:36:14 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: raptor22

Must have been a disappointment for the
lefty military lawyers who have been promoting
these prosecutions.
It is clear that a Democrat who joins the military
finds a very safe berth.


5 posted on 04/22/2010 5:37:52 AM PDT by Hans
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To: raptor22

I spent many years in the military and I will maintain to my dying day that given the choice between placing my fate in the hands of a civilian judge and jury or placing by fate in the hands of a military court martial, I’ll take the court martial every time.


6 posted on 04/22/2010 5:40:11 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Hans
Must have been a disappointment for the lefty military lawyers who have been promoting these prosecutions.

Military prosecutors are ordered to prosecute. And once so ordered, they try to carry out their orders to the very best of their ability. So yes, they did their best to convict the SEAL. To do less would be unthinkable. But at the end of the day the court weighed the evidence and came back with a non-guilty verdict. Justice was served.

7 posted on 04/22/2010 5:42:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: bgill

My guess is that the copy-editors are so busy looking for examples of political incorrect terminology that they’re slack when it comes to their main job - catching any grammatical problems that might be there.

(And just in case they need some help, I made sure to put all three in the sentence so they can see how it’s done!)

(And don’t get me started on “it’s” and “its”)


8 posted on 04/22/2010 6:01:25 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: bgill

WGN is a Tribune company. AKA the Lib-une.

Big time lefties.

Also the Tribune Company is bankrupt.

WILMINGTON, Del., April 19 (Reuters) - Tribune Co agreed to have a court-appointed examiner investigate its 2007 leveraged buyout to determine if deal left the media company insolvent, according to court documents filed on Monday.

The publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune reached an agreement with its creditors to appoint an examiner who will be selected by the U.S. Trustee, a government representative who oversees bankruptcies.


9 posted on 04/22/2010 6:13:24 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Non-Sequitur

I would rather be water-boarded than what the terrorists do to their prisoners.

Graphic video:

Schoolyard massacre video

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2009/10/al-qaedas-schoolyard-massacre.html


10 posted on 04/22/2010 6:16:45 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: bgill
WGN should fire all journalists who don’t know the difference between “their” and “there.”

Proofreaders and editors, too.

11 posted on 04/22/2010 6:24:07 AM PDT by JimRed (To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: oh8eleven

Me too. But remember - Thyme weights four know won.


12 posted on 04/22/2010 6:30:19 AM PDT by almcbean
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To: raptor22
This news is just wonderful. Thank God.

Now, I'm wondering if the Prosecution will drop the charges against the other two and cut their losses?

sw

13 posted on 04/22/2010 6:30:59 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Stosh
(And don’t get me started on “it’s” and “its”)

"Then" and "than" bug me.

14 posted on 04/22/2010 6:38:36 AM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: bgill; Stosh

Yeahbut...

...can you tell the difference between “theirs” and “the IRS”?


15 posted on 04/22/2010 7:26:00 AM PDT by HKMk23 (The Democrat Legacy: Hoax and Chains)
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To: Condor51

If you are a white male, you need to have a harelip and speech impediment to work at WGN. Same as WBBM Radio, they hire black female militants and guys with major speech impediments. Stunning.


16 posted on 04/22/2010 7:30:19 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: HiJinx; AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa

Good news!!!!!!!!!


17 posted on 04/22/2010 4:38:03 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat; raptor22; HiJinx; ConorMacNessa

I saw this news this morning & it really made my day!!!


18 posted on 04/22/2010 5:50:38 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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