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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (62556)	6/1/2006 8:37:49 AM
From: Ivan Inkling	Respond to of 93284

bongnsnort, always in denial.

To: longnshort who wrote (62556)	6/1/2006 8:45:27 AM
From: Ivan Inkling	Respond to of 93284

>> Bush said. "I am mindful there is a thorough investigation going on. If in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment." << Where have we heard that before? ------------------------------------- denverpost.com Lies, lack of scrutiny cited in probe of Hadithah deaths Superiors should have been suspicious, inquiry is said to find Washington - The U.S. military investigation of how Marine commanders handled the reporting of events in the Iraqi town of Hadithah last fall, where troops allegedly killed 24 civilians, will conclude that some officers gave false information to their superiors, who then failed to adequately scrutinize reports that should have caught their attention, an Army official said Wednesday. The three-month probe, led by Army Maj. Gen. Eldon Bargewell, also is expected to call for changes in how U.S. troops are trained for duty in Iraq, the official said. President Bush, in his first public comment on the Hadithah incident, said Wednesday that if an investigation finds evidence of wrongdoing, those involved will be punished. "I am troubled by the initial news stories," Bush said. "I am mindful there is a thorough investigation going on. If in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment." Bargewell has pursued two lines of investigation: not only whether falsehoods were passed up the chain of command, but also whether senior Marine commanders were derelict in their duty to monitor the actions of subordinates. The inquiry is expected to conclude by the end of this week, the official added. He said there were multiple failures but declined to say whether he would characterize it as a "cover-up," as alleged recently by Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a former Marine. The Bargewell report is one of two major military investigations into what happened at Hadithah on Nov. 19 and how commanders reacted to the incident. The other is a criminal inquiry by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. That sprawling investigation involves more than 45 agents and is expected to conclude this summer. No charges have been filed, but people familiar with the case say they expect charges of homicide, making a false statement and dereliction of duty, among others. The Bargewell investigation is likely to be explosive on Capitol Hill, because it focuses on questions that have haunted the Bush administration and the U.S. military since the scandal over abuse at Abu Ghraib prison emerged two years ago: How do U.S. military leaders in Iraq react to allegations of wrongdoing by their troops? And is the military prepared to carry out the process of putting down an insurgency as part of the first U.S. occupation of an Arab nation? One of Bargewell's conclusions is that the training of troops for Iraq has been flawed, the official said, with too much emphasis on traditional fighting skills and insufficient focus on how to wage a counterinsurgency campaign.