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I was surprised to see that this article (or the original from San Diego Tribune was not posted on the forum.

The eight were among five men ordered from a car and shot to death and four men killed in a home cleared by Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, said Gittins, who is representing Capt. Randy Stone at a pretrial hearing at Camp Pendleton.

So four of the five men in the car were "insurgents" aka terrorists - sounds like a pretty pertinent fact!

1 posted on 05/13/2007 10:50:14 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy
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To: ScaniaBoy

Thank you for posting this!

I’m not surprised that it all leads back to the Lefties. They will do anything to harm our troops, country, and president. They are the enemy within.

Prayers for the acquittal of all the Marines in this case!


2 posted on 05/13/2007 10:55:03 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: RedRover

ping!

(Do you have a ping list on the Haditha case?)


3 posted on 05/13/2007 11:18:20 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: RaceBannon; freema

(( ping ))


4 posted on 05/13/2007 11:20:24 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: ScaniaBoy
Eight (at least) were insurgents, and the rest were collaborators:

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A 12-year old survivor of the alleged massacre of innocent civilians by U.S. Marines patrolling Haditha has admitted she had prior knowledge of the plot to detonate an IED as their convoy was passing by her house on the morning of Nov. 19, 2005.

In a CNN interview broadcast Wednesday, Safa Younis - who says eight members of her family were killed by U.S. troops - recalled that she was getting ready for school as the Marine Humvee approached. "I was planning to go to school. I was about to go out of bed. I knew the bomb would explode so I covered my ears," the youngster said, according to a CNN translator.

"The bomb [then] exploded," she explained. "The bomb struck an armored vehicle. I don't know if it was a Humvee or an armored vehicle. When the bomb exploded, they came straight to my house."

5 posted on 05/13/2007 11:23:21 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: RedRover

WOW!!! So it turns out that the five men who raced up in the car were apparently enemy combatants after all!

This information needs to be verified and the whole bogus case thrown out ASAP.
Then I’d like to urinate on the scumbags who mounted this prosecution.


6 posted on 05/13/2007 11:28:09 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: ScaniaBoy; Lancey Howard; RaceBannon; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; ...

Thank you for posting this! There was a good discussion on this topic at this thread, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832789/posts

Glad to see it’s getting some coverage.


7 posted on 05/14/2007 3:07:38 AM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: ScaniaBoy

And the journalist who gave life to this travesty should be sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor on bread and water in one of those bloodstained houses. With a 24-hour webcam broadcasting it to CNN around the world. Forever.


8 posted on 05/14/2007 4:30:40 AM PDT by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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To: ScaniaBoy

I’m not familiar with the workings of a military court-whether the defense can call witness’, but that being said-I would love to see the defendant’s attorney call none other than the big wind bag himself-John Murtha to testify as to what and who were his sources of information-”what did he know, and when did he know it”.


9 posted on 05/14/2007 4:35:52 AM PDT by mrmargaritaville
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To: ScaniaBoy

Looks like the only court martials in this travesty are going to be in the prosecution’s office. Stooges for Turda.

Pray for W and Our Marines


11 posted on 05/14/2007 5:37:22 AM PDT by bray (The co-clintons freed more terrorists than they killed)
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To: ScaniaBoy; RedRover; Girlene
Be careful. The defense described the gentlemen in the car as "insurgents." That cannot be taken at face value. It certainly is not a "fact."

Not that that legally should make a huge difference. The question is not whether the Haditha Marines were right in considering the Iraqis in the car or in the home to be insurgents. Instead, the question is whether the Marines reasonably perceived them to be a threat. It's a lower standard, and one which the defense would do well to exploit. It's just not a good idea to get caught up in arguments about whether or not the victims actually were insurgents, since it's unnecessary and will inevitably result only in arguments of "are so!" and "are not!"

13 posted on 05/14/2007 6:28:00 AM PDT by jude24 (Seen in Beijing: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not.")
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To: ScaniaBoy; All
Thanks for posting this, ScaniaBoy.

If you would like to help with the civilian lawyer’s legal fees for the
Haditha Marines you can do so by going to these sites.

Defend Our Marines

Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt

SSgt. Frank Wuterich

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani

Marine Defense Fund


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21 posted on 05/14/2007 8:36:25 AM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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