They think differently than we do. They actually think of stuff like herding people in a room and executing them with a bullet to the head and slaughtering the cattle and will make those accusations without realizing how it looks like baseless charges.

- Bang

In it is this message from Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV the Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman:

The forces, upon arrival, began taking direct fire from the building. As the enemy fire persisted, the ground force commander appropriately reacted by incrementally escalating the use of force from small arms fire to rotary wing aviation, and then to close air support, ultimately eliminating the threat.

The troops then conducted a thorough tactical search, and documented the discovery of the body of Abu Ahmed plus three noncombatants. The investigating officer concluded that possibly up to nine collateral deaths resulted from this engagement but could not determine the precise number due to collapsed walls and heavy debris. Allegations that the troops executed a family living in this safe house, and then hid the alleged crimes by directing an air strike, are absolutely false.

An local account of the event was told as:

The villagers were killed after U.S. troops herded them into a single room of the house, according to a police document obtained by Knight Ridder Newspapers, the parent company of The Inquirer. The soldiers also burned three vehicles, killed the villagers’ animals, and blew up the house, the document said.

A local police commander, Lt. Col. Farooq Hussain, who was interviewed in Ishaqi, said autopsies at the hospital in Tikrit “revealed that all the victims had bullet shots in the head and all bodies were handcuffed.”

Mudville Gazette writer then notes:

Current news coverage doesn’t mention much of that Iraqi police report either, though the original “document based on a report” is oft-quoted.

It’s possible the media assumes everyone is already deeply familiar with the particulars in this story. Maybe they feel brevity is important, and that readers don’t want to be burdened with too much information.

If I was a LEFTY, I could have a FIELD DAY with lots of propoganda to swirl around everywhere (as Andrew Sullivan seems to be doing lately). But I’m not a lefty. My red flags of common sense raise up and my disbelief in the outrageous “stories” grows. I’m just not BUYING the lies you guys. I can see a soldier going bonkers but not a group of them. And if a group of them crossed a “line” I’m thinkning it was in response to their lives being threatened and adrenaline pumping and a quick response to their lives being threatened. Once the threat is eliminated I’m not picturing (thus the disbelief) that our soldiers are going around beheading, handcuffing babies, slaughtering animals and executing families in a single room with a single bullet to each of their heads.

The police report filed that way by that Iraqi police chief indicates that the Iraqi police chief should be REMOVED from his position and sent to a trial for crimes !

- Bang

- Bang

Do you suppose that the MSM will give it the coverage that Haditha has already gotten?

(Lib-Twits of a feather….)

- Bang

Thought others would like to read this one.

Democrat Busby says, “You don’t need papers.” Of course, she and the Democrats are running like cockroaches from the light on this.

- Bang

SHOCK magazine, has used the famous photograph that Michael Yon took and wrote the accompaning story about Major Mark Bieger cradling a young Iraqi girl Farah, who was mortally wounded in an insurgent car bomb attack that brutally targeted a group of children who had run out to greet the soldiers on patrol.

This magazine has used his copyrighted picture, without permission or consent, to smear the troops with a caption that reads:

WAR IS STILL HELL!
Jarring Proof that Iraq is the new Vietnam.

When the company is pressed by Michael Yon, they give him the run around and refuse to remove the phtograph or remove the issues that they have as the FRONTPAGE cover photo.

When Michael Yon publishes information to allow readers to voice their displeasure on his blog, Michael Yon is threatened with Libel from the company that stole his copyrighted material!

Unbelieveable.

I never get much cut off my hair … just get it trimmed enough to keep the layers in good shape. I go every six weeks – it’s the one little luxury I allow myself (that and the occasional manicure)

(Thanks for the compliment, BTW)