July 11, 2007
An investigating officer has recommended dismissing murder charges against a U.S. Marine accused in the slayings of three Iraqi men in a squad action that killed 24 civilians in the town of Haditha, according to a report.The government's theory that Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt had executed the three men was "incredible" and relied on contradictory statements by Iraqis, Lt. Col. Paul Ware said in the report, released Tuesday by Sharratt's defense attorneys.
"To believe the government version of facts is to disregard clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, and sets a dangerous precedent that, in my opinion, may encourage others to bear false witness against Marines as a tactic to erode public support of the Marine Corps and mission in Iraq," Ware wrote.
Defense attorneys James Culp and Gary Myers said in a statement that he was pleased with the report and that it "reflected the value of the calm of a courtroom and the adversarial process."
Sharratt's mother Theresa said she was overjoyed.
"This is a huge result, that report is a declaration of Justin's innocence," she said. "This is very, very good news."
This is the second time a charge from the Haditha investigation has been viewed as suspect by the military's own investigators. This is the equivalent of a District Attorney's investigation reporting to the prosecutor that the charges against a defendant cannot be sustained by the evidence -- and makes it appear likely that similar conclusions will be drawn for every other defendant in the case.
I'm curious -- will John Murtha apoliogize for declaring this man guilty? Will various left-wing groups admit they were wrong in tarring the US military for a murder that didn't happen? And will the press make as big a splash retracting the charges they have made as they did in publicizing them?
My gues is that the answers will be as follows.
1) No -- it wouldn't fit with his political agenda.
2) No -- because they believe every soldier is a baby-killer anyway, just like in Vietnam.
3) No -- because the media never makes mistakes and views a one sentence retraction at the bottom of page D-9 as the moral equivalent of multiple front-page stories and editorials.
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Today the GOP threatened a fillubuster on a bill giving the troops extra rest between tours! FILLUBUSTER a bill that helps the troops?
The GOP hates the troops, and dirty right wing hacks, will never cover a story like this, it ruins the story line.
Why did the GOP threaten a fillubuster on a bill that supports the troops?
Why did the GOP try to eliminate fillubusters when the democrats were the minority? Hypocrites for sure. Only the GOP can fillubuster, I suppose? I say the GOP are the filthiest scum bag bastards going today, If this country was not a country of laws, I would persaonally drag them out of their offices and beat the piss out of them. THEY once more, voted aganst the troops. FILTHY SCUM
filthy, hypocrital scumbags.
Us 80%ers understand the GOP is SCUM, and this is comming from a military husband,
GO F*CK YOURSELF, you do NOT support the troops
you dirty filthy Anti-american scum bag bastards
Your time is past. America rejects you Anti-american, treasonus scum bag traitors
Posted by: SUCK IT CON SHIT at Wed Jul 11 06:57:20 2007 (EHRW+)
As for the bill in question, I'm not familiar with it or the reasons for the threat of a filibuster. I'm suspicious, though, of congressional attempts to micromanage the war, which I suspect could have something to do with the filibuster threat. By the way, have you actually read the bill to determine if that particular provision is the only thing in there, or whether or not there might be something else that merits objection? Probably not, as your deranged comment leads me to question your ability to read.
And lastly, sir, how dare you question my patriotism. I thought that you liberals believed that questioning someone's patriotism was unAmerican, especially when those questions were in regard to good-faith disagreements over issues of foreign and defense policy. Is it instead your position that it is only unAmerican to question the patriotism of a liberal?
As for your violent urges and tendencies, feel free to come by my place and make an attempt to carry out such an act -- I'll be glad to give you multiple injections of lead, 9mm at a time, as permitted under Texas law.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed Jul 11 07:16:05 2007 (UlWia)
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed Jul 11 07:57:27 2007 (UlWia)
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