Author: AMM (403 Articles)
Mothers of three sons serving our country and co-founder of Military Families Voice of Victory. AMM was one of the first women and Military Mothers to disagree with Cindy Sheehan on the record in interviews with the Associated Press. Bio Page
This should make every Marine Corps family say Orah!! Our loved ones cannot get a fair trial with sensitive information being leaked to news agencies or politicians.
The Bakersfield Californian
The Associated Press | Monday, Jan 29 2007 10:58 PMLast Updated: Monday, Jan 29 2007 10:58 PM
The Marine Corps said Monday that it has ordered a probe into how a government report on the killings of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha was leaked to the news media.
Lt. Gen. James Mattis, the top general at Camp Pendleton, ordered the investigation after several defense attorneys complained that sensitive information about their clients had been leaked, Marine spokesman Lt. Col. Sean Gibson said.
The Washington Post published photos and eyewitness accounts Jan 6. from the military’s investigative file that had not been made public. One photo showed five Iraqis who had been shot dead near a taxi.
Four enlisted Camp Pendleton Marines were charged Dec. 21 with unpremeditated murder, and four officers were charged with failing to properly report the killings.
Jack Zimmerman, attorney for Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum, said Mattis ordered the investigation Jan. 23.
“I was very pleased that he shared our thought that the investigation should never be released,” said Zimmerman.
The killings are the biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths to come out of the Iraq war. A total of 24 Iraqis – including women and children – were killed by Marines on Nov. 19, 2005.
Marine lawyers have said the troops were responding with legitimate force after a roadside bomb killed one of their squad.
A person who answered the phone after regular business hours at the Post deferred comment to the paper’s public relations department, which was closed.
Wonder who leaked it? Wonder if anything will actually be done?
This case has had more leaks than the strainer in my kitchen. The most likely leaker would be NCIS.
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If your sons are murdering people in other countries, everything they do should be made public.
Well Bob:
It appears that you only posted in anger instead of reading the entire article. ALL of our troops deserve a fair trail no matter if they are charged with murder or missing a deployment.
via email: Bob:
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Bob
With a mom like you, your son deserves whatever bad things happen to him in Iraq. Too bad we can’t ship you over there, too.
What about Bob? A funny movie but not such a funny man who is a drive by, only wanting “fair trails” for watada and not for anyone else. Typical liberal.
Bob needs to take baby steps away from the kool-aid.