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Tex · 06-18-2008, 03:49 AM

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A military judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against the highest-ranking U.S. Marine charged in the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha, whittling down the list of those who must still face justice for the 2005 incident to just the accused ringleader.

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Folsom's decision means that, out of eight Marines originally charged in December 2006, six have won dismissals of their charges and one has been cleared at court martial.

Some folks used the Haditha incident to try and push a political agenda. It's taken a couple years to see how wrong they were.

You know who you are.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/...raq_haditha_dc

exUte · 06-19-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

Some folks used the Haditha incident to try and push a political agenda. It's taken a couple years to see how wrong they were.

You know who you are.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/...raq_haditha_dc

would love to see the US become a 2nd class citizen on the world stage.

Tex · 09-25-2008, 09:26 PM

One of the accused (and cleared) marines is suing Jack Murtha. Semper Fi, bro.

MikeWaters · 09-25-2008, 09:49 PM

Does anyone else find it strange that the military tries itself?

To me this is like if a cop was charged with murder, and was tried by other cops in his department.

I don't know if there is a better solution however.

09-25-2008, 09:26 PM	#3
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	One of the accused (and cleared) marines is suing Jack Murtha. Semper Fi, bro. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

09-25-2008, 09:49 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Does anyone else find it strange that the military tries itself? To me this is like if a cop was charged with murder, and was tried by other cops in his department. I don't know if there is a better solution however.