=> U$ Troops MURDER innocent WOMEN and CHILDREN in IRAQ - Bu$h = WAR CRIMINAL <=
=> Vox Populi©
Senator pledges hearing into incident in Haditha; cover-up suspected.
By Richard A. Oppel Jr., Mona Mahmoud
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Monday, May 29, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Hiba Abdullah survived the Marine killings in Haditha last Nov.
19 but said seven others inside her father-in-law's home did not. She said
American troops shot and killed her husband, Rashid Abdul Hamid, with gunshots
to the head and shoulder. They killed her father-in-law, Abdul Hamid Hassan Ali,
a 77-year-old in a wheelchair, shooting him in the chest and abdomen, she said.
Her sister-in-law, Asma, "collapsed when her husband was killed in front of her
eyes," Abdullah said. As Asma fell, she dropped her 3-month-old infant. Abdullah
said she picked up the baby girl and sprinted out of the house, and when she
returned, Asma was dead.
Four people who survived the killings in Haditha, including some who had never
spoken publicly, described the killings to an Iraqi writer and historian who was
recruited by The New York Times to travel to Haditha and interview survivors and
witnesses of what military and Pentagon officials have said appear to be
unjustified killings of two dozen Iraqis.
Some in Congress fear the killings could do greater harm to the image of the
U.S. military around the world than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
The four survivors' accounts could not be independently corroborated, and it was
unclear in some cases whether they actually saw the killings.
But much of what they said was consistent with broad outlines of the events of
that day provided by military and government officials who have been briefed on
the military's investigations into the killings, which the officials have said
are likely to lead to charges that may include murder and a cover-up of what
happened.
Haditha, a sand-swept farming village flecked with date palms on the upper
Euphrates River, is in one of Iraq's most dangerous areas, ridden with
insurgents in the heart of Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
Sen. John Warner, a Virginia Republican who heads the Armed Services Committee,
pledged Sunday to hold hearings on the Haditha killings as soon as the military
investigation is concluded.
"I'll do exactly what we did with Abu Ghraib," Warner said on ABC's "This Week."
Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat and former Marine who has become a
fierce critic of the Iraq war, said he has no doubt Marines killed innocent
civilians in Haditha.
Warner and Murtha said they suspect that senior officers were involved in
covering up evidence of war crimes by the Marine unit involved. They said the
delay in launching a formal investigation into the incident led them to suspect
that officers up the chain of command had a role in attempting to keep the
incident under wraps.
In all, 19 people were killed in three separate homes in Haditha, and five were
killed after they approached the scene in a taxi, survivors and people in the
neighborhood said.
Iraq developments
•Tribal chief Sheik Osama al-Jadaan, who challenged Iraq's most feared terrorist
and sent fighters to help U.S. troops battle al Qaeda in western Iraq, died in a
hail of bullets Sunday. He was the latest victim of a campaign against Sunni
Arabs who work with Americans.
•Shootings and bombings killed nine people and wounded 35 across the country
Sunday, and the bodies of at least 10 more people were found in Baghdad,
possible victims of the sectarian bloodshed tearing at Iraq.
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other articles to get a more accurate picture.
=> Vox Populi©
<wronga...@att.net> wrote in message
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> The New York Times is not the best for unbiased reporting. Read a few
> other articles to get a more accurate picture.
How's this, jackass -
Marines face Iraq kill probe
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 1 hour ago
A SENIOR Republican senator vowed yesterday to hold hearings on the role of US
marines in the killings of up to two dozen Iraqi civilians in November. ...
Charge of cover-up in marine killings
Australian, Australia - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON: A senior Republican senator vowed yesterday to hold hearings into
the role of US marines in the killing of more than 20 Iraqi civilians in
November ...
Massacre cover-up 'may go to the top'
The Age, Australia - 3 hours ago
By Michhael Gawenda, Washington. TWO senior politicians have suggested that the
US military may have covered up an incident in Iraq ...
Cover-up of Iraq massacre alleged
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 2 hours ago
Raided . an Iraqi woman weeps after a search of her house by US soldiers in the
early hours of Sunday. By Michael Gawenda Herald Correspondent in Washington.
...
Congressman alleges Marines covered up killings
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 6 hours ago
Washington -- A powerful member of Congress alleged Sunday that there has been a
conscious effort by Marine commanders to cover up the facts of a November ...
Murtha: Iraq Killings May Hurt War Effort
ABC News - 9 hours ago
In this photo provided by ABC News, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., appears for an
interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC's This Week ...
Murtha: Iraq Killings May Hurt War Effort
Washington Post, United States - 9 hours ago
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL. WASHINGTON -- The deaths of as many as two dozen Iraqi
civilians and an ensuing cover-up threaten to do more ...
Lawmaker alleges a Marine coverup in killing of Iraqis
Boston Globe, United States - 9 hours ago
By Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Correspondent | May 29, 2006. WASHINGTON -- Top-level
Marine officers attempted to cover up evidence of ...
US enquiry to probe deaths of Iraq civilians
Euronews.net, France - 10 hours ago
A Senate Committee in Washington is to examine the role US marines played in the
deaths of up to two dozen Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November. ...
`No question' it was murder
Toronto Star, Canada - 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON-The focus has quickly moved from the alleged crime to the cover-up in
what is now being dubbed "Iraq's My Lai," a tale of murder that is ...
Baghdad Numb to Reports of Massacre
Washington Post, United States - 13 hours ago
BAGHDAD, May 28 -- After three years of war that has been fought in their
streets and has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians, people in
...
US troops accused of civilian slaughter
People's Daily Online, China - 13 hours ago
The US military is braced for a major scandal over the alleged slaying of Iraqi
civilians by Marines in Haditha. The charges are ...
Senate panel to probe atrocity reports
CNN - 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate Armed Services Committee will investigate
allegations that US Marines committed an atrocity last year in the Iraqi city of
...
Marines face inquiry over massacre of Iraqi civilians
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 16 hours ago
A SENIOR Republican senator is to hold hearings on the role of United States
Marines in the deaths of up to two dozen Iraqi civilians last November. ...
Firestorm fears if massacre proved
The Herald, UK - 16 hours ago
The political fallout from the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians by US
Marines in November will be worse than the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, a
...
New Witness Describes Alleged Iraq Atrocity
ABC News - 17 hours ago
ABC News has obtained an interview with Safa Younis, 12, on killings purportedly
by US Marines in her family's Haditha, Iraq, home. (ABCNEWS.com). ...
Second Abu Ghraib Scandal in Iraq
Zaman Online, Turkey - 18 hours ago
By Foreign News Desk. United States President George W. Bush said their biggest
mistake in Iraq was the torture episode at Abu Gharib ...
Senator plans hearing on Iraq killings
International Herald Tribune, France - 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON A senior Republican senator said Sunday that he would hold hearings
on the disputed role of a small number of US marines in the deaths of as many as
...
'US is an expert in killing'
News24, South Africa - 18 hours ago
Baghdad - Word that United States marines may have killed two dozen Iraqi
civilians in "cold-blooded" revenge after an insurgent attack has shocked
Americans ...
Iraqis respond to Haditha killings with silence
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 19 hours ago
By Nancy A. Youssef. BAGHDAD, Iraq - As one US politician charged Sunday that US
Marines had murdered 24 Iraqi civilians last fall ...
Marines and the 'massacre': a neighbour tells of aftermath
Times Online, UK - 19 hours ago
GRAPHIC accounts of the apparent slaughter of unarmed civilians have been
obtained by The Times as Washington braces itself for the results of an
investigation ...
Marines in Iraq 'massacre' may face the death penalty
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON - US Marines could face the death penalty after one of their number
took horrific photos of a massacre in Iraq on his mobile phone, Britain's ...
Dave Jones
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> Shit happens pal.
Then may it happen to you and yours... soon.
PS. I ain't your pal, you amoral shitsucker.
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=> Vox Populi© wrote:
> "Dave Jones" <david.j...@tesco.net> wrote in message
>
> > Shit happens pal.
>
> Then may it happen to you and yours... soon.
>
And how would you know? You don't have any military service and just
point fingers from your armchair.