alt.politics.economics

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:39:05 -0500, zzpat wrote:

>The Marine Corps made deals with some of the men in this massacre in
>exchange for their testimony against the others. Now, there are very few
>"others" left.
>
>It appears the military is doing what it set out to do from the very
>beginning. It's covering-up what Marines did.
>
>Here's what we know for sure.
>
>
>Marine ordered Iraqi women and kids shot
>International Herald Tribun
>The Associated Pres
>July 18, 2007
>
>CAMP PENDLETON, California: A Marine charged with murdering two girls
>and killing several other Iraqis gave orders to shoot into a roomful of
>children and young women, a squad member testified.
>
>Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum then went into the room himself, followed by
>loud noise that could have been M-16 gunfire or a grenade, said Lance
>Cpl. Humberto Manuel Mendoza.
>
>"I told him there's just womens and kids in the room," Mendoza said
>Tuesday. "He replied, 'Well, shoot them.'"
>
>Marines killed 24 civilians, resulting in the biggest . criminal case
>involving civilian deaths to come out of the Iraq war.
>
> /july_2007/
>
>The military says he didn't violate the rules of combat, yet the facts
>say he knew he was ordering the murder of innocent women and children
>and he didn't care. Neither does the military.

Thanks for posting this.