There is much more to Memorial Day than sales, BBQs, and an extra day off. We must take this time to remember those who have died in the line of duty to preserve the freedom some of us take for granted everyday. Michelle Malkin heads a very humbling tribute at Hot Air.
“Appropriately” enough, the NY Times ran this article on the top left front cover today:
Iraqis’ Accounts Link Marines to the Mass Killing of Civilians
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 28 — Hiba Abdullah survived the killings by American troops in Haditha last Nov. 19, but said seven others at her father-in-law’s home did not. She said American troops shot and killed her husband, Rashid Abdul Hamid. They killed [...] a 77-year-old in a wheelchair, shooting him in the chest and abdomen,
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“[h]er husband was killed in front of her eyes,” Ms. Abdullah said. As Asma fell, she dropped her 5-month-old infant. Ms. Abdullah said she picked up the baby girl and sprinted out of the house, and when she returned, Asma was dead.
The story then mentions a much later paragraph within the continuation of the story inside the paper with:
Four people who identified themselves as survivors of the killings in Haditha, including some who had never spoken publicly, described the killings to an Iraqi writer and historian who was recruited by The New York Times to travel to Haditha and interview survivors and witnesses of what military officials have said appear to be unjustified killings of two dozen Iraqis by marines. Some in Congress fear the killings could do greater harm to the image of the United States military around the world than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
The four survivors’ accounts could not be independently corroborated, and it was unclear in some cases whether they actually saw the killings.
Of course no side of the story can be denied until a full investigation is carried out. However, the alleged incident at Haditha should not be placed on the cover; it was a clear attempt to portray the entire Marine Corps. by the alleged actions of few.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, told CBS:
[I]t would be premature for me to judge” the outcome of a Pentagon investigation into the killing of as many as a dozen Iraqi civilians by Marines.
But at the same time, Marine Gen. Peter Pace said he believes its critically important to make the point that if certain service members are responsible for an atrocity there, they “have not performed their duty the way that 99.9 percent of their fellow Marines have.”
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