Posted on 11/16/2004 10:12:14 PM PST by ganeshpuri89
In an interview with Aljazeera, US marine spokesperson 1st Lieutenant Lyle Gilbert responded to the killing of the wounded man in the Falluja mosque.
"I was not there and have no more information. The pictures were shown on TV but they did not reveal the circumstance that preceded the incidence. We will know after the investigation finishes.
"We the US forces abide by the combat laws and consider ourselves at the top level of accountability."
In response to reports by Falluja residents that US forces had executed injured Iraqis and dragged them behind US tanks Gilbert said: "I will not talk about this issue. The US together with Iraqi forces confronted the terrorists in Falluja. The forces are there to clean the city from rebels and terrorists, regain stability and security in Iraq, and to hold elections so the Iraqi children can play in playgrounds," he said.
WTF? This is the lowest dirtiest journalism I have yet to see. Introduce propaganda by asking about an unsubstantiated claim.
I'm shocked but not surprised.
Thank you Kevin Sites. You should have turned your tape over to Marine authorities if you suspected wrongdoing. But you were more concerned with a scoop than the truth. Thanks alot.
Sound to me like they need a few buldozers to push out the trash.
Apparently Jazeera is just another lying Muslim group. Muslims for some reason are unable to tell the truth about much of anything.
Barf Alert!!!
Kevin Sites..I will not forget nor forgive..
Actually it might be a good idea to drag bomb-killed terrorists behind tanks with a big sign on them "this is what happens if you attack us." This jab by Jaz sounds mighty lukewarm to me - sounds like they are bowing to the inevitable.
Sites knew what the enemy MSM would do with this footage. I understand that Brokaw was his mentor. If Sites is embedded with anyone, it's the enemy.
ping
I hate to think about this but if the MSM will continue with these "faultfinder" reporting, soon we will see blown heads of embedded journalist done by angered soldiers...
Falluja residents - Now those people's words are worth what - ?
Come on - people who hang with terrorist are just as suspect as the terrorist themselves - if you ask me.
Perhaps someone should put a bug in Sec. of Def. Rums. ear -Get the corrupt media out of Iraq - before they cause any more harm to our troops -
KEVIN SITES WILL BE THE MOST UNWELCOMED MEDIA FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. MILITARY SOON...
Allawi can kick jazeera correspondents out of Iraq but he can't keep jazeera from broadcasting into Iraq. :>)
Is there any video to back this bullshit?
nope, nada, none.
Dragged by are tanks? What a waste.
We'd rather use their guts to grease the treads
of our tanks! (Now where did I here that one from?)
Why is Al-Jazeera not considered an enemy combatant?
I wonder if their free roam in Iraq will continue once the new elements of the continuing administration take hold.
{bye-bye "rouge" elements in the State Dept or the CIA? }
Consider how we dealt with domestic seditionists just 86 years ago.
I think I have counted at least a dozen of these suggestions in the threads in these topics. Why people are not above such shame is a mystery to me. Were such a press fragging to actually happen, the resulting commotion would make Mt. St. Helens look like a backyard barbecue.
An act that was quickly found unconstitutional IIRC
Chris Mathews signs employment contract with Aljezeera
Mathews says American main stream media to "Conservative"
Hey, I like it.
I'm getting sick and tired of the MSM and their anti-American bias. I listened about that crap on the radio all day today and came home with knots in my shoulders and neck. I'm about to go postal, that man is a hero for what he's doing over there. The middle eastern whackjob gene pool could use a lot more culling IMHO.
I was thinking that the Marines should invite Mr Sites out for one last ride along....no cameras this time.
I turned off TV because of my anger..this evening I have seen a more balanced look at this..on CNN, on Abrams and on Fox..We have a thread of support that one freeper has started..I'll ping you to it.
WHy not impose the same thing that we did to Tokyo Rose?
An ancient practice reminiscient of Achilles on his chariot dragging Hector around Troy. ;-)
Good point plus dragging them behind also covers the tracks of the tank so they cant be followed.
I think it should be used as non-legal baseline for what passes as acceptable behavior.
You just do *NOT* get it...
I smell kerry and kennedy in this woodpile.
Muslim idealolgy, lying just comes naturally when born of a camel and pedophile.
Did the US soldier drag a dead Iraqi behind a tank? I have no idea, but it would not surprise me.
I neither condone nor condemn this. War suspends morality and reality as we perceive it. Survival based on pure aggression leads to this type of behavior -- ON BOTH SIDES. Place young men, still emotionally immature in a combat situation, and they will act this way.
Anyone who survives combat -- especially urban guerilla warfare -- should be given a pension for life. They have done and seen enough.
You're right .. he should have turned it over to the proper authorities
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