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Jack Murtha Steps In It Again

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:21:31 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: And, Murtha still has not apologized to the 7 innocent Haditha Marines he accused of cold-blooded murder last time.

UPDATE: Murtha's opponent this year for Congress is Lt. Colonel William Russell a decorated combat veteran who has served in Desert Storm, the Iraq War, and the Pentagon on 9/11.

You can donate to his campaign HERE.

A WilleyBCoyote Video.

Murtha Makes An Outrageous Allegation

http://newsbusters.org/node/5410

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

[Video]

Here is what Murtha says:

Murtha: I think they have 17 or so guidelines and they've solved 4 or 5 of them.
(Actually they've completed 15 of the 18 benchmarks.)

Murtha: I think the short term it (the Bush Surge) has reduced incidents. I'm not sure if it's because the Iraqis are just worn out but certainly the way they are doing it today it makes a big difference. It used to be we broke down doors. We went in and we killed people inadvertantly. Now they're much more careful about it.

And, just think...
This hateful boob is the national security "expert" in the Democratic Party!

Blackfive adds: "And they wonder why no one takes them seriously in those areas???"

Let's hope justice is served against this hateful man some day soon. Murtha put those Haditha Marines through hell these past few years and he isn't man enough to apologize to them.

He is a coward.

Tags: jack murtha, iraq, surge, u.s. troops, marines

Haditha Marine prepares to sue Murtha over smear

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:24:46 GMT

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Clip Source: wnd.com

With most of the eight Marines charged in the Haditha, Iraq, incident now exonerated, the highest-ranking officer among the accused is considering a lawsuit against Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who fueled the case by declaring the men cold-blooded killers.

In an interview with nationally syndicated radio talk host Michael Savage, the lead attorney for Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani said he and his client will look into suing Murtha and the Time magazine reporter, Tim McGuirk, who first published the accusations by Iraqi insurgents.

But the attorney, Brian Rooney, said nothing will happen immediately because he wants Chessani, described as a devout Christian and the father of six homeschooled children, completely "out of the woods" legally before any action is taken. The government, through Lt. Col. S.M. Sullivan, today filed a notice that it would appeal the case to the next judicial level.

Tags: marines, murtha

Haditha Marine prepares to sue Murtha over smear

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:35:47 GMT

clipped by: pkronfield
clipper's remarks: They should sue that fat pig Murtha, who, like another disgusting individual (Kerry) claims to be a war hero. Murtha seems to have long ago forgot what Semper Fi means, and stabbed his fellow marines in the back for political advantage. I say sue his ass. Then get him out of office on the double quick so for the first time in his life he will have to work for a living.

Clip Source: wnd.com

lead attorney for Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani said he and his client will look into suing Murtha and the Time magazine reporter, Tim McGuirk, who first published the accusations by Iraqi insurgents.

He noted the New York Times featured the case on the front page when it was being compared by war critics to the infamous My Lai massacre in Vietnam. But now, with evidence the Haditha accusations were a smear, the story has been relegated to the back pages.

Tags: loony left, democrat traitors

MURTHA TO BE SUED BY HADITHA DEF'S

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:05:50 GMT

clipped by: bbdevil08
clipper's remarks: As stated by DEF's counsel, Murtha's conduct made to advance Murth's quest to be in DEM's leadership. TIME and NYT were so accusatory in their stories that in a jury trial of issues so inflammatory that a HUGE verdict could/should result.

Clip Source: wnd.com

The congressman announced he had been told by the highest levels of the Marine Corps there was no firefight and Marines "killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

Murtha's assertions, however, conflicted with results from the military's own investigations. An initial probe by Army Col. G.A. Watt found no indications coalition forces "intentionally targeted, engaged and killed noncombatants." Later, Army Maj. Gen. Aldon Bargewell found no cover-up.

Nevertheless, the Marine Corps eventually brought charges against Chessani and seven other Marines.

Haditha killings

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:07:51 GMT

clipped by: kmcolo
clipper's remarks: Wiki snapshot

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha massacre) refers to the incident where 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraq province of Al Anbar. At least 15 of those killed were noncombatant civilians and all were killed by a group of United States Marines

It has been alleged that the killings were retribution for the attack on a convoy of United States Marines with an improvised explosive device that killed Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas.^[

A Marine Corps communique initially reported that 15 civilians were killed by the bomb's blast and eight insurgents were subsequently killed when the Marines returned fire against those attacking the convoy. However, evidence uncovered by the media contradicted the Marines' account.

the central issue was who is to be believed

Tags: iraq

Murtha Lied; Marines Were Tried (and Aquitted)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:44:34 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: I'm waiting for the outcry that the trial process was not impartial and there needed to be an international court presiding. Murtha has no credibility and has caused huge embarrassment to himself.

Clip Source: www.frontpagemag.com

Murtha Lied; Marines Were Tried (And Acquitted)

On May 17, 2006, John Murtha, he of the unassailable “war hero”/“patriot” mythos, assailed his fellow Marines in Haditha as murderers “in cold blood.” The super-patriot made this indictment, in front of an international audience, before an investigation had concluded.

yesterday, military judge Col. Steven Folsom dismissed all charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, the highest-ranking officer accused in the Haditha massacre-of-justice.

The antiwar Left morphed reporting errors into a “cover-up,” much as it deformed a self-defense operation against terrorists hiding amidst Iraq’s civilian population as an imperial assault on 24 blameless Iraqi civilians

Every trial to date has proven the report truthful and Murtha a calumnious liar:

The Haditha Marines

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:45:35 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Front page news?

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:02:09 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Marine Officer Accused of Failing to Investigate Haditha Iraqi Killings

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A military judge has dismissed charges against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis.

Haditha Update: LtCol Chessani Charges May Be Dropped

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:20:24 GMT

clipped by: yojoe
clipper's remarks: Defense lawyers for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani believe all charges will be dismissed. LtCol Chessani is the Marine officer in command of Marines involved in killing 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

Clip Source: dreadnaught.wordpress.com

Defense lawyers for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani believe all charges may be dropped. They base this on a signal from the military judge, Col Folsom, who previously scheduled a hearing for two days and has now changed the session to last one hour. At this session the military judge will rule on the motion to dismiss based on undue command influence.

Tags: jeffrey-chessani, haditha, congressman-murtha, jack-murtha, john-murtha, brian-rooney, article-32, usmc, marine-corps

Iraqi Police Says Senior Qaeda Militant Killed

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:12:35 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Anbar, a former epicentre of Sunni-led insurgency, has seen a dramatic fall in violence since the end of 2006 after local Sunni groups began siding with US forces to fight Al-Qaeda.

Clip Source: afp.google.com

Iraqi police parade with their national flag

HADITHA, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi police on Friday killed a senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq militant and four aides during a gunbattle in the western province of Anbar, the police official who led the assault said.

Saudi national Abu Bakr al-Saudi was killed along with his four comrades near the town of Haditha in the Sunni Arab province, Colonel Mohammed Hussain told AFP.

"We got a tip-off about his whereabouts from the locals. Our forces fought an intense seven-hour battle with him and his aides during which Abu Bakr and four others were killed," Hussain said.

One of the militants killed was a Tunisian, Abu Yakeen, the colonel said, adding two others were Iraqis, while the police were yet to identify the fifth dead militant.

Another Iraqi militant was arrested after the clash, Hussain said.

US and Iraqi forces claim Al-Qaeda militants are currently operating mainly in Nineveh province with the provincial capital of Mosul being their last major urban bastion.

Tags: senior al-qaeda in iraq, abu bakr al-saudi, haditha, colonel mohammed hussain, mosul

Should be front page news

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:56:16 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

US Marine acquitted of all charges in Haditha killings

A court martial on Wednesday acquitted a US Marine for his role in the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha in Iraq in 2005, the sixth man to be exonerated in the affair, a military official said.

Lieutenant Andrew Grayson, 27, was declared "not guilty on all charges" by a jury, said a spokesman for the Camp Pendleton military base in southern California where the hearing started on May 28.

Grayson had been charged with making false statements and attempting to fraudulently separate from the Marine Corps. He was also charged with obstruction of justice, but the military judge dismissed this charge Tuesday.

He was the first Marine to stand trial in connection with the killings of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, the most serious war crime allegations leveled at US forces since the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

Haditha Marine Says He Was Ordered To Delete Iraq Photos

Sat, 31 May 2008 03:59:51 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: There's more to this atrocity at the link

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine who took pictures of Iraqi men, women and children killed by U.S. forces testified Thursday that he deleted the photos under an officer’s orders and later lied repeatedly to investigators about what happened to the images.

The testimony by Staff Sgt. Justin Laughner came during the court-martial of 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who is accused of helping cover up the Nov. 19, 2005, killings in Haditha, Iraq.

Laughner said he took the photos of the bodies hours after a roadside bomb hit a convoy, killing the driver of a Humvee and wounding two Marines.

After the bombing, investigators say, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and a squad member shot five men by a car at the scene. Wuterich then allegedly ordered his men into several houses, where they cleared rooms with grenades and gunfire, killing the Iraqis. In all, 24 men, women and children died.

“I wasn’t truthful with them because I knew I had already deleted them,” he said. “I felt that I had done something wrong.”

3rd marine cleared of Haditha charges

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:37:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

Officials close to the Haditha case said they think prosecutors dismissed the charges in order to pursue Wuterich aggressively at trial. The cases against three of the Marines accused of shooting civilians have fallen apart, and Wuterich remains the only one left for prosecutors to target for accountability. Wuterich led the Marine squad and allegedly told his troops, as they approached a group of civilian homes that day, to shoot first and ask questions later.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

The Marine Corps yesterday dismissed all charges against one of the Marines accused of killing women and children in the Iraqi town of Haditha in late 2005, the third time a Marine linked to the slayings has been exonerated

Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum, who has admitted shooting civilians inside their homes as part of a pursuit of insurgents, was cleared and granted immunity to testify in further hearings related to the investigation. The move leaves only Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich to face charges in connection with the shootings on Nov. 19, 2005.

Although the Marines were at first accused of going on a rampage, the case has evolved into a far more complex examination of the Corps' rules of engagement and the general conduct of wartime operations in hostile residential areas.

Tags: haditha, marines, iraq, war, civilian-killings, stephen tatum, frank wuterich

US Soldiers testify about war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:35:11 GMT

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Clip Source: theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com

Dozens of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans publicly testified this weekend about crimes they committed during the course of battle, many of which were prompted by the orders or policies laid down by superior officers.

The weekend gathering, called the Winter Soldier Event demonstrated that well-publicized incidents of U.S. brutality, including the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the massacre of an entire family of Iraqis in the town of Haditha, are not isolated incidents perpetrated by "a few bad apples," as many politicians and military leaders have claimed. They are part of a pattern, the organizers said, of "an increasingly bloody occupation."

One testimony:

Tags: iraq, afghanistan, war, war crimes

Vets Break Silence on War Crimes

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:28:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ipsnews.net

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28 (IPS) - U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in those countries.

"The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it," said Liam Madden, a former Marine and member of the group Iraq Veterans Against the War. "That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like."

Iraq Veterans Against the War argues that well-publicised incidents of U.S. brutality like the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the massacre of an entire family of Iraqis in the town of Haditha are not the isolated incidents perpetrated by "a few bad apples", as many politicians and military leaders have claimed. They are part of a pattern, the group says, of "an increasingly bloody occupation"

Tags: bush, war on terror, united states, military, justice, iraq