Murtha Caught In An Outright Lie
Poor John "The Mouth That Roared" Murtha, he got caught this time. And none other than the United States Marines exposed the lie. Murtha had told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his information about Haditha had come from General Hagee, the head of the Marine Corps. One small problem. Hagee did not brief Murtha until after Murtha made his disgraceful public remarks against the Marines.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Marine Corps briefed Rep. John Murtha on the Haditha case after the vocal war critic publicly said Marines had killed innocent civilians in that Iraqi city, the Corps said on Thursday.
A group of Marines, while suspected in the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians, has not been charged, and official results from the military's investigation remain outstanding. A U.S. defense official said on Wednesday, however that evidence indicates Marines deliberately shot to death unarmed civilians.
Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, is being sued by one of the accused Marines for libel. He had told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Gen. Michael Hagee had given him the information on which he based his charge that Marines killed innocent civilians.
But a spokesman for the Marine Corps said Hagee briefed Murtha on May 24 about Haditha. Murtha had made comments on the case as early as May 17.
On May 17, for example, he said at a news conference, "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."
A spokeswoman for Murtha was not immediately available.
Oh, man. Is Diana Irey going to have a field day with this one. And this lawsuit will be a thing of beauty if it actually catches Murtha lying under oath!
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Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Murtha Caught In A Lie — August 4, 2006 @ 11:15 am
By Guy, August 4, 2006 @ 7:45 am
The sad thing is that if these guys are prosecuted and then found guilty, it will only lend credibility to Murtha’s remarks. It just kills me that this good for nuthin’ will get credit for anything he has said. Unfortunately, he’ll (Murtha) probably use their conviction to feather his own nest.