If this exclusive is completely accurate then it is a bombshell story that the media completely ignored or overlooked. It probably didn’t line up with their narrative for the war. According to the report, the Time reporter that broke this story played the fool to an al Qaeda operative and the actual attacks were done by militant operatives led by Al Qaeda. Others were quick to echo the propaganda , overlooking key facts and evidence as the MSM does so well, from the New York Times to Congressman John Murtha.
Nathaniel R. Helms has the story:
"Buried in the mountain of exhibits attached to the once secret Haditha, Iraq murder inquiry prepared by US Army Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell is an obscure Marine Corps intelligence summary (see pdf) that says the deadly encounter was an intentional propaganda ploy planned and paid for by Al Qaeda foreign fighters.
Veteran military defense attorney Gary Meyers said he never understood why the Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agents leading the Haditha criminal investigation didn’t “examine the linkage” between Al Qaeda, the local insurgency and the events at Haditha. Meyers was an attorney on the defense team that successfully defended Justin Sharratt, a Marine infantryman accused of multiple murders at Haditha.The report – apparently overlooked by a Washington press corps awash in leaked Bargewell documents and secret Naval Criminal Investigative Service reports – shows that Marine Corps intelligence operatives were advised of the scheme to demonize the Marines by an informant named Muhannad Hassan Hamadi. The informant was snared by 3/1 Marines on December 11 2005 and decided to cooperate.
The attack was carried out by multiple cells of local Wahabi extremists and well-paid local gunmen from Al Asa’ib al-Iraq [the Clans of the People of Iraq] that were led by Al Qaeda foreign fighters, the summary claims. Their case was bolstered by Marine signal intercepts revealing that the al Qaeda fighters planned to videotape the attacks and exploit the resulting carnage for propaganda purposes.
Eleven insurgents involved in the attack are identified by name and affiliation in the details of the summary. All of them were killed or captured in the days immediately following the Haditha incident.
During the November Haditha battle, the insurgents secreted themselves among local civilians to guarantee pursuing Marines would catch innocent civilians in the ensuing crossfire. On January 6, 2006 six insurgents who tried to do the same thing at another location in Haditha were turned in to Coalition authorities before they could mount a similar assault, the report says.
—John Stephenson is editor of Stop The ACLU.
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October 7, 2007 - 22:12 ET by acumen"...the deadly encounter was an intentional propaganda ploy planned and paid for by Al Qaeda foreign fighters."
And picked up and dutifully distributed for American consumption courtesy of phony patriot John Murtha via demedia accomplices.
acumen,
October 7, 2007 - 23:35 ET by Dave R....demedia accomplices.
That would be Slime Magazine's very own Tim McGirk, who I believe just may have been in on this hideous scam from the very beginning.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
You mean Ho Chi Muhammed Played Democrats Again
October 7, 2007 - 22:16 ET by Lame CherryAmazing that Russian FSB operative put together a propaganda campaign exactly mirroring the Vietcong led KGB propaganda in Vietnam which Democrats bit on with hook line and Morley Safer then.
I keep telling people these al Qaeda running this are ISLAMOCOMMUNISTS and is why they are murdering Sunni and Shia as they are not communists. This is the same frag tricks Charlie used in Vietnam and was indoctrinated in by the Soviets.
Murtha never fingered it out when he was a big "war hero" and now with his face in the slop trough of pork barrel spending woofing like a pig about "murderers in Iraq" he is once again the Democratic pawn of the Bolsheviks.
Now where oh were is John Kerry in this???????? Where ho and I mean HO where is Jane Fonda perched on an IED like she perched on a AA guns in Vietnam and where is the rest of the baby killer clan not getting "their's" in this for fame and fortune again.
Democrats can't you hear the commies calling?
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No surprise
October 7, 2007 - 23:27 ET by well99Mr Abscam said it is true so it must be.Msm does not care about facts.They care about getting Dems in office.Doesnt matter whose lives they destroy.
Despite this new
October 8, 2007 - 00:16 ET by tbbaxterDespite this new information, and the continuing barrage of anger and defeatism leveled at our troops by Democrats and their cowardly liberal contigent, the incredible men and women of the United States military continue to lay down their lives for freedom's sake. The tactics of Al Qaeda and their Democrat compatriots turn my stomach, but news like this makes me love and admire our troops even more. To bin Laden, Ahmadinejad, Reid, Pelosi, Murtha and all your liberal stooges: nothing you do or say will make decent, God-fearing, freedom-loving Americans lose faith in our troops. They have a depth of character you will never understand and an integrity you will never attain. To our men and women of the armed forces: we THANK you, we LOVE you and we SUPPORT you. May God keep you safe and bring you home soon.
The Republicans need to
October 8, 2007 - 06:32 ET by AntiMediaThe Republicans need to hammer the MSM and Demoncrats on this issue.
Wait a minute. There's
October 8, 2007 - 07:23 ET by Roger the ShrubberWait a minute. There's Al-Qaeda in Iraq?
Someone better tell Leon this breaking news. Poor little fella's gonna be heartbroken.
This needs to be widely disseminated and paid attention to!!
October 8, 2007 - 07:33 ET by c5thenThe Islamo-fascists are masters of propaganda and care not an iota for other people's lives, including children. They will gladly cause massive death and casualties if they think it will be in any way beneficial to their cause. Most Americans and westerners cannot comprehend this mind-set.
They have used the western media and the US Democrats like a stradevaerius in this battle. The mind set of being afraid of casualties in a war is to them like a Marine would look on someone who doesn't want to exercise because they are afraid of muscle pain.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com
It appears this article is
October 8, 2007 - 09:41 ET by BruzillaIt appears this article is missing some key information that was brought out at trial:
1. The Marines knew about the ambushes from signals intelligence, they just didn't know the exact locations. They also knew the vehicles that would be used, and that's what was spotted, not the IEDs.
2. The insurgent who fed the story to Time was intitially identified as a young journalism student from Baghdad, a claim which didn't hold up to scrutiny when this guy turned out to be in his 40s. The guy then claimed to be a representative of Human Rights Watch, but officials from HRW told inquirers that they had never heard of the guy. It was only then the investigators found out this guy was linked to the insurgents.
Al-Media strikes again.
October 8, 2007 - 14:51 ET by mattmThe MSM is the enemy of America.
Still waiting for Murtha
October 8, 2007 - 15:00 ET by bigtimerStill waiting for Murtha and his ilk to apologize to our military, to the American people.
Still waiting for the majority of the msm of all venues to apologize too...
Believe me, I know how long I will be waiting.
...enemies all... they are invested in defeat.
Pure treason.
Totally agree
October 8, 2007 - 18:34 ET by well99Those troops put their butt on the line.So what do they get.Convicted by Murtha and the press without trial.Before all the facts are out.I hope everyone of those Marines sues every one of those media outlets and Murtha for every cent they have.