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NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams recants claim he was on chopper that took fire in Iraq
FoxNews.com ^ | 2-4-2015

Posted on 02/04/2015 6:37:29 PM PST by servo1969

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday that he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, recanting a claim that he and the network had repeated for years -- most recently on Friday night.

Contrary to Williams' past claims that he was traveling in a Chinook helicopter that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire on March 24, he arrived at the scene in a separate helicopter about an hour later. He apparently was never in any danger, and the Chinook that took fire, one of three in its formation, was able to make an emergency landing with no casualties.

"I want to apologize," Williams said on Wednesday night's broadcast of NBC Nightly News. "I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft."

Williams, 55, most recently told the story during NBC coverage of a tribute to a retired command sergeant major at a New York Rangers hockey game.

“The story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of Iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG,” Williams said on the broadcast. “Our traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded and kept alive by an armor mechanized platoon from the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry.”

The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that covers the United States Armed Forces, first reported the admission.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; brianwilliamslies; iraq; nbc; nbcnews; williams
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To: servo1969

Didn’t Hillery make the same false claim??


21 posted on 02/04/2015 7:05:06 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: missnry

Quite!


22 posted on 02/04/2015 7:07:08 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: servo1969

Why does he make this up and keep repeating it? He’s not famous enough? Or doesn’t get enough attention being on tv?
Weird


23 posted on 02/04/2015 7:07:15 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: servo1969
“I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.”

It's called lying Brian. The fact is you never forget taking fire. You don't get it confused. It either happened or it didn't. You don't get "screwed up in your mind".
24 posted on 02/04/2015 7:09:12 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: missnry

I love Commander McBragg!!! What is it with these Dems? Remember Hillary landing and running across the tarmac under enemy fire?


25 posted on 02/04/2015 7:09:22 PM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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26 posted on 02/04/2015 7:10:58 PM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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To: missnry

Haven’t seen him in years.


27 posted on 02/04/2015 7:11:43 PM PST by windcliff
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To: Gomez

He has the pictures of Kerry wearing his lucky hat to prove it!


28 posted on 02/04/2015 7:12:02 PM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: nuconvert

he wanted some gravitas!


29 posted on 02/04/2015 7:12:13 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Freestate316

He also has Obama on his boxer shorts.


30 posted on 02/04/2015 7:13:20 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: tioga

Will anyone ever point out Hillary the b*** clinton lying about taking sniper fire from Serbs in Bosnia? She’s a lying hag who smeared Serbia for her husband’s bloodlust. Though I wish those rifles had been real.


31 posted on 02/04/2015 7:14:00 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: tioga

Stolen valor.


32 posted on 02/04/2015 7:21:30 PM PST by Ancient Man
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To: FreedomStar3028
He was quite creative with misremembering
33 posted on 02/04/2015 7:22:31 PM PST by John 3_19-21 (I cannot live in harmony with those who wish me dead.)
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To: Menehune56

Yes, his credibility is gone and no one would ever believe a word he says again. He must now commit professional hara kiri and resign. (I can fantasize, can’t I?)


34 posted on 02/04/2015 7:30:48 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: tioga
Brian Williams learned his journalistic integrity in a different NBC studio.  photo NBC_zps7wmkc4tb.png
35 posted on 02/04/2015 7:32:18 PM PST by shortstop (It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful)
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To: elpadre

No hers was different. She was shot at on a runway in the former Yugoslavia.


36 posted on 02/04/2015 7:48:39 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Viennacon

My first thought after hearing about this was also about Hillary Clinton’s similar lies about taking gunfire. Between her lies and her serial rapist husband I find it hard to believe the Dems are stupid enough to give her the nomination.


37 posted on 02/04/2015 7:48:49 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: tioga
Brian Williams at the Super Bowl  photo Super bowl_zpsicwkhelo.jpg
38 posted on 02/04/2015 7:50:54 PM PST by shortstop (It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Well said!


39 posted on 02/04/2015 7:51:36 PM PST by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
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To: tioga

Hey Brian, I’m sure you’ll enjoy your new job anchoring the news in Providence or Portland, Maine. Your days with the big boys in NYC and DC are over.


40 posted on 02/04/2015 7:53:41 PM PST by dowcaet
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