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Ärende: Iraq distortions
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JO>->
JO>-> And Murtha has not done an investigation -- he has no right to smear
JO>-> those men and their comrades in arms witout evidence.

JO>The hell he hasn't. and it is largely to him the the earlier false reports
JO>have been discounted.


Bull.  Here's a real Marine's answer to that:

From the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/27/AR200605
700846_pf.html

Mr. Murtha's Rush to Judgment
Sunday, May 28, 2006; B06

A year ago I was charged with two counts of premeditated murder and
with other war crimes related to my service in Iraq. My wife and mother
sat in a Camp Lejeune courtroom for five days while prosecutors painted
me as a monster; then autopsy evidence blew their case out of the
water, and the Marine Corps dropped all charges against me ["Marine
Officer Cleared in Killing of Two Iraqis," news story, May 27, 2005].

So I know something about rushing to judgment, which is why I am so
disturbed by the remarks of Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) regarding the
Haditha incident ["Death Toll Rises in Haditha Attack, GOP Leader
Says," news story, May 20]. Mr. Murtha said, "Our troops overreacted
because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in
cold blood."

In the United States, we have a civil and military court system that
relies on an investigatory and judicial process to make determinations
based on evidence. The system is not served by such grand
pronouncements of horror and guilt without the accuser even having read
the investigative report.

Mr. Murtha's position is particularly suspect when he is quoted by news
services as saying that the strain of deployment "has caused them [the
Marines] to crack in situations like this." Not only is he certain of
the Marines' guilt but he claims to know the cause, which he
conveniently attributes to a policy he opposes.

Members of the U.S. military serving in Iraq need more than Mr.
Murtha's pseudo-sympathy. They need leaders to stand with them even in
the hardest of times. Let the courts decide if these Marines are
guilty. They haven't even been charged with a crime yet, so it is
premature to presume their guilt -- unless that presumption is tied to
a political motive.

ILARIO PANTANO
Jacksonville, N.C.
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