Hey MrMahs...

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I dare you to call this decorated US Marine Colonel a traitor.

Lawmaker says Marines killed Iraqis 'in cold blood'

Citing ongoing investigation, Marines mum

From Jamie McIntyre

CNN

Friday, May 19, 2006 Posted: 0232 GMT (1032 HKT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A decorated Marine colonel turned anti-war congressman said Wednesday that Marines killed at least 30 innocent Iraqi civilians "in cold blood" in Haditha in November, suggesting the attack is twice as bad as originally reported.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, told reporters Wednesday that he got his information from U.S. commanders, who said the investigation will show that the Marines deliberately killed the civilians.

The U.S. Marine Corps has declined to comment on the report, which initially stated that 15 were killed.

"There was no firefight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood," Murtha said. (Watch Murtha level accusations against the Marines -- 1:58)

Murtha, who was decorated for his service in Vietnam, said the death toll may be more than twice as high as originally reported.

"They actually went into the houses and killed women and children," the congressman said.

Citing an ongoing investigation, the Marine Corps said, "Any comment at this time would be inappropriate and could undermine the investigatory and possible legal process."

The Iraqi civilians were killed while troops from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines were looking for insurgents who planted a roadside bomb that killed a member of their unit.

At first, the Marines said the civilians were killed by a roadside bomb. Later, they suggested the victims may have been caught in a firefight.

An Iraqi human rights group, Hammurabi Human Rights Association, caught the scene on video, which was obtained by Time magazine. A criminal investigation ensued.

Time Warner is the parent company of Time magazine and CNN.

Last month, the battalion commander and two company commanders were relieved of their commands and reassigned to staff jobs at Camp Pendleton in California.

Sources close to the investigation said it is too soon to say whether anyone will face criminal charges, but key aspects of the original Marine account have not checked out.

Murtha supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003, but last November, he distanced himself from the Bush administration and called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops because of what he called "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion."

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/18/murtha.marines/

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*crickets*

[mr mahs]

Traitor...

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fuck you igloo!

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Traitor...

Translation:

I condone murder.

[mr mahs]

Translation: Kill Or Be Killed.

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They were unarmed civilians. It was a family of innocent civilians who were killed. They had no weapons. Can you read? Apparently you either cannot tell the difference between a weaponed terrorist and an entire family of civilians who had nothing to do with the terrorist or you just dont care which translates to:

If they aren't white, if they are islamic, if they speak arabic, they are terrorists. Kill them all because all muslims are terrorists.

(displaying your ignorance, racism as well as your defense of the criminal act of the marines who perpretrated the crime of MURDER. You are defending a war crime. They broke the geneva convention and military laws. Their crime only served the purpose of aiding the terrorists and your defense of these murders only serve the same purpose.

Mahs... your attitude is no different than the terrorists who also murder.

Advice.... Don't wear the uniform because you are not deserving of it. You will only disgrace it like the marines who murdered the innocent weaponless civilians disgraced it.