Posted on 06/19/2008 3:32:51 AM PDT by Man50D
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.
As WND reported, a military judge at Camp Pendleton in California yesterday dismissed charges that Chessani failed to properly investigate the Nov. 19, 2005 incident in which 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed.
Rooney, an attorney for the Thomas More Law Center who served a tour of duty in Iraq himself, is urging citizens to tell their representatives in Congress and military officials that they want the case to come to an end.
"At some point you have to have somebody in the chain of command, whether it's civilian or military, saying enough is enough," said Rooney, who served with Chessani in the second battle of Fallujah.
Rooney told Savage the Haditha case is the largest investigation in the history of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, with 65 agents assigned by the government.
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Excellent !!!!!
Sue him one at a time by all the defendents.
If Murtha said it on the floor of House, he’s immune. Otherwise I hope the Marine takes him to the cleaners.
[”At some point you have to have somebody in the chain of command, whether it’s civilian or military, saying enough is enough,” said Rooney, who served with Chessani in the second battle of Fallujah.]
This whole haditha scam has made me hate the left and all liberal politicians, dems,fems and rinos, more than ever as they are using tactics the communists pols use worldwide.
Semper Fi!
Damn, I wish I could remember .. but it seems to me he was in front of press mics, like not on the floor itself, but outside having a press conference or something.
Sueing the press and a congresscritter?
Sweet!
There are good and proper reasons for that, but I don’t have to like it in this case, and I don’t.
That being said, I want to see this go as far as possible, if for no other reason than to give that bat fastard as much heartburn as possible.
This is sad:
The government, through Lt. Col. S.M. Sullivan, today filed a notice that it would appeal the case to the next judicial level.
Who can tell me what the next judicial level in this case would be? And...when does the appeal have to be filed and I wonder how long it will take.
As a Vietnam veteran, I wonder if it is still possible for me to sue John Kerry for similar false accusations? (You did know that John Kerry was a Vietnam veteran, didn’t you?)
Allright sue Murtha and ACLU and the LIB-DEMS MSM and the Holywood’s croocks who made film on HADITHA...
It would be a FULL STRIKE
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12838343/ I've been calling Murtha’s office for three days and asking about an apology. I'll be calling again today. I am going to be asking about the 38 million tax dollars that was wasted on this travesty. Should be fun if I can get his lackeys to stay on the line for more than 30 seconds.
Go get him! I would contribute to a legal aid fund. Anyone know if they set one up?
It seems to me, the sonuvabitch would repeat the story anytime a media asswipe would push a TV camera into his face.....
I’d like to see Murtha and Kerry both removed from office. Kerry because of all the lies he told in order to get elected and Murtha because he is a lying useless sack of excrement scum sucking bottom dweller.
Not to be confused with Wellstone Memorial/Pep Rally...
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