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Sins of the General’s Part 5: Political Equivocation at the BOI http://warchronicle.com/DefendOurMarines/Weimann/SinsOfGenerals_PartFive.htm “Moreover, defense attempts to disqualify Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, the President and senior member of the Board, who during pre-hearing questioning expressed a personal view that investigating every civilian death is the right approach because “that’s the way to protect Marines,” also failed. Defense attorney LtCol Shelburne had challenged the fact that he was sitting on the Board of Inquiry with a pre-existing opinion of what to do in a similar situation as LtCol Chessani.” Folks, if the defense wanted to disqualify General Craparotta at LtCol. Chessani’s BOI,...

Katrina: UNO inquires into possible violations of rights The NOUVELLE-ORLEANS - A board of inquiry of UNO was open on the possible violations of humans right made after the passage of the Katrina cyclone to New-Orleans at the end of August. Police officers of the city were in addition laid off Arden Sengupta, independent expert, are currently visits some in New-Orleans (Louisiana) to listen to testimonys of the disaster victims of Katrina, to inquire into the way in which they were treated during the evacuations and on the backup facilities set up by the local authorities. Criticisms were numerous...