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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: American Spirit who wrote (4123)8/6/2006 2:58:29 PM
From: PROLIFE  Respond to of 224704
 
USMC Reveals Murthaducker Lie


John Murtha is caught in an outright lie on where he got is information on the Haditha killings:

The head of the U.S. Marine Corps briefed Rep. John Murtha on the Haditha case after the vocal war critic publicly said Marines had killed innocent civilians in that Iraqi city, the Corps said on Thursday...

Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, is being sued by one of the accused Marines for libel. He (Murtha) had told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Gen. Michael Hagee had given him the information on which he based his charge that Marines killed innocent civilians.

But a spokesman for the Marine Corps said Hagee briefed Murtha on May 24 about Haditha. Murtha had made comments on the case as early as May 17.

On May 17, for example, he said at a news conference, "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

A spokeswoman for Murtha was not immediately available.

democracy-project.com



To: American Spirit who wrote (4123)8/8/2006 12:55:00 AM
From: RMF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224704
 
I saw Rice in that interview. There does seem to be a specific line that she and others are adhering to, but I don't no what other choice they have at this point.