The Haditha report is in, and the evidence indicates it was mass murder.
Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.
Agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have completed their initial work on the incident last November, but may be asked to probe further as Marine Corps and Navy prosecutors review the evidence and determine whether to recommend criminal charges
This is one of at least 4 cases of mass murder that US troops now stand accused of committing, but this is the largest and oldest of the cases that have been publicly disclosed.
In what may be both an ironic twist of timing, and a really fantastic legal ploy on the part of his lawyers, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich is suing Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa) for libel.
But, if the story it true, and the investigators think it is, can anything that Murtha said actually be considered libel?
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4 comments:
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure truth is the best defense against libel or slander.
That about how I see it, but it is an interesting attempt at spin from the lawyers running the case
FYI
still waiting for some right-wing bloggers to condemn Hagel re: his comments about the war in Iraq.
http://americanentropy.blogspot.com/2006/07/sen-chuck-hagel-r-ne-iraq-is-replay-of.html
and more here
http://americanentropy.blogspot.com/2006/08/not-so-nifty-swifters.html
Hagel has, in the past, been able to avoid being attacked by the worst of the right wing wacks. You are right, his more agressive statements this week have also generated little note or attack.
It will be interesting to see how much longer he is allowed to speak out without becomming a target for the foaming at the mouth birgade
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