Good Christ (redux)
May. 26th, 2006 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockAnother Abu Ghraib:
A military investigation into the deaths of two dozen Iraqis last November is expected to find that a small number of marines in western Iraq carried out extensive, unprovoked killings of civilians, Congressional, military and Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Two lawyers involved in discussions about individual marines' defenses said they thought the investigation could result in charges of murder, a capital offense. That possibility and the emerging details of the killings have raised fears that the incident could be the gravest case involving misconduct by American ground forces in Iraq.
Officials briefed on preliminary results of the inquiry said the civilians killed at Haditha, a lawless, insurgent-plagued city deep in Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, did not die from a makeshift bomb, as the military first reported, or in cross-fire between marines and attackers, as was later announced. A separate inquiry has begun to find whether the events were deliberately covered up.
Evidence indicates that the civilians were killed during a sustained sweep by a small group of marines that lasted three to five hours and included shootings of five men standing near a taxi at a checkpoint, and killings inside at least two homes that included women and children, officials said.
That evidence, described by Congressional, Pentagon and military officials briefed on the inquiry, suggested to one Congressional official that the killings were "methodical in nature."
I have to admit I was kind of hoping Murtha was wrong on this one, but alas, it doesn't seem to be the case. So how do you suppose Rush'll spin this one? A few bad apples, really, really harsh hazing, or it's all a dirty, dirty lie by those elite liberal, um...Pentagon officials?
A military investigation into the deaths of two dozen Iraqis last November is expected to find that a small number of marines in western Iraq carried out extensive, unprovoked killings of civilians, Congressional, military and Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Two lawyers involved in discussions about individual marines' defenses said they thought the investigation could result in charges of murder, a capital offense. That possibility and the emerging details of the killings have raised fears that the incident could be the gravest case involving misconduct by American ground forces in Iraq.
Officials briefed on preliminary results of the inquiry said the civilians killed at Haditha, a lawless, insurgent-plagued city deep in Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, did not die from a makeshift bomb, as the military first reported, or in cross-fire between marines and attackers, as was later announced. A separate inquiry has begun to find whether the events were deliberately covered up.
Evidence indicates that the civilians were killed during a sustained sweep by a small group of marines that lasted three to five hours and included shootings of five men standing near a taxi at a checkpoint, and killings inside at least two homes that included women and children, officials said.
That evidence, described by Congressional, Pentagon and military officials briefed on the inquiry, suggested to one Congressional official that the killings were "methodical in nature."
I have to admit I was kind of hoping Murtha was wrong on this one, but alas, it doesn't seem to be the case. So how do you suppose Rush'll spin this one? A few bad apples, really, really harsh hazing, or it's all a dirty, dirty lie by those elite liberal, um...Pentagon officials?
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Date: 2006-05-27 06:31 am (UTC)The floodgates are starting to open. I believe there are many people in D.C. pissed off by the arrogance of the Bushies and they've been waiting for their chance. Everyone knows when the dragon is wounded you rush in with your sword and add to the damage.
The press is finally starting to realize they don't want to go down with that ship. What Bill and Rush will do is anyone's guess - chances are they'll rail as they did when Clinton was riding high.
What will suck is how much pain and misery we're about to hear done in our name.