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>you should direct that question to the government >policy that placed our boys in that situation. The >information I've seen states the Iraq invasion was >all based on lies. > >IMO lying to the American public makes the Bush >Administration the tratior, not the people who speak >out about the truth. I support immediate withdrawl of >America troops from Iraq. > > >>Funny how your not outraged over that huh commie? >> >>>An investigation into the cover-up of the alleged >>>murder of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha >>>last November concludes Marine officers at every >level >>>up to and including the colonel who commanded the >>>regiment failed to investigate inaccurate and >>>conflicting reports of how the civilians were killed, >>>reports CBS News correspondent David Martin. >>> >>>The initial report filed by the sergeant who >commanded >>>the squad of Marines charged with the shooting, >>>claimed 15 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb >>>struck his convoy. >>> >>>Yet a Marine intelligence team took pictures of the >>>bodies that show all the civilians were killed by >>>gunshots, not by shrapnel from the bomb. >>> >>>Marines also transported the bodies to a local >morgue, >>>where death certificates listed the cause of death as >>>gunshot wounds. Another Marine officer distributed >>>$38,000 in compensation payments to the victim's >>>families – clear evidence, Martin reports, that the >>>original report could not be correct. >>> >>>Despite what the investigation calls these "red >>>flags," no investigation or even an inquiry was made >>>and there was no effort to correct the original press >>>release which repeated the false report that >civilians >>>had been killed by a roadside bomb. >>> >>>Three officers already have been relieved of command >>>and now that the investigation has been completed and >>>reviewed by Lt. Gen. Pete Chiarelli, the No. 2 U.S. >>>commander in Iraq and disciplinary action against >more >>>and in some cases higher ranking officers is >expected, >>>Martin reports.
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