Posted on 01/21/2007 9:42:14 AM PST by euphoriadev
Explosive new info in the Iron Triangle Case in the NYT this morning showing that not only did the Army already handle the four Iraqi deaths that the Rangers are charged with, they reprimanded the commander for them and ended his career. The commander, Col. Michael Steele, knowing he had already been punished for the incident, still allowed his men to be charged with murder and imprisoned.
No charges have been filed against Colonel Steele in the Army’s continuing investigation. But two Defense Department officials said last week that Colonel Steele was formally reprimanded in the summer by Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the former commander in Iraq, for not reporting the deaths and other details of the raid. The action was not made public.
The Army had already reprimanded the commander for acting on bad intel about the region being a terrorist training camp. They were well aware that the Rangers had done exactly what they were told: Go into a hostile area and take out the bad guys. The problem was, Steele was wrong, and the area was not a terrorist training camp.
(Excerpt) Read more at euphoricreality.com ...
I did not make the Marine Corps my lifetime career..
One tour of duty -- was a life changing experience and was enough to last me a lifetime.
However - I did come into contact with a fairly large number of Officers and senior NCOs in situations that taxed the moral fiber, character and integrity everyone..
Never - NOT ONCE did I ever encounter a warrior Officer or senior NCO I couldn't trust with my life......which in fact we were all doing at the time..
Never - NOT ONCE did I observe or even hear rumors about a Marine Officer who did ANYTHING to bring discredit to himself or the Corps...
If indeed there has been a drastic change in the CHARACTER of the men being Commissioned Officers in today's Marine Corps -- then that would indeed be a very sad development..
Until I've seen irrefutable evidence to the contrary -- I will continue to believe, at the core it's still the Corps.
Semper Fi
You can also go to her website which also says that she is free on appeal bond. If you do, please cleanse your computer and then take a shower.
I started doing googles after I read your post.
No wonder she fell out of the news. I think everyone was under the assumption she was in jail after her conviction.
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ping to the top
Is Tillman the friendly fire?
no, there's another one.
Somewhere in America, a mother thinks her son was killed by enemy fire and wasn't.
It's called cynicism. I find more and more of it as well.
Not hard to understand when one removes all the extraneous words from the title of this thread
MEN FACE DEATH TO HIDE REPRIMAND
Thanks, ma! Good read indeed.
Also, did you get the number for Judge Rameriz of the Iraq Marine Legal Defense Fund? If not, or if you have questions about it, let me know.
Steele is scum, but he would never have been able to pull this off if it wasn't for corrupt brass and agenda driven investigators.
send it over, Red. The Judge's # too would be great...I don't think it's in my freepmail.
I'll send you both in the same Freepmail. Stand by.
Hope the mail made it through with the numbers. Let me know if not.
Maybe, it will turn this case around.
Thanks for the ping.
Border guards, Haditha Marines, Rangers...All expendable.
God will not be thus mocked for long...
"'Sh*t' can roll uphill too."
I don't know about rolling uphill, but it sure can splash...and it may need to splash a little farther uphill, if the little bit I've read here is true.
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