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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Neeka who wrote (58379)8/6/2004 7:23:47 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (1) of 793706
 
I heard a report somewhere today that along with the ad that was sent by the Swift Boat Veterans to the various television stations across the country was also 60 pages of documents to back up their claims.

you are correct.

upi.com

CLIPS:

Hoffmann, Thurlow and other Swift boat veterans have compiled a thick stack of documents, including copies of official Navy papers, they say point to discrepancies in Kerry's official recounting of combat exploits, especially the incident of March 13, 1969, on the Bay Hap River in South Vietnam.

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, however, in signed affidavits now in UPI's possession, say Kerry's shrapnel wounds were self-inflicted earlier in the day when he tossed a grenade into a sampan carrying rice and that there was no enemy fire at Kerry's boat or others involved in the incident. They point to mentions of the buttock wounds from the grenade and flying rice grains that appear in a number of stories by Kerry or about him in earlier articles and books, in contrast to his account for the casualty report.

They noted the self-inflicted rice injury was mentioned on page 105 of the book "John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best" and in the book "Tour of Duty."
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