While the Republicans debate gay marriage and flag burning, guess who is still alive and kicking?
Tell me again what the Republicans are doing to try to catch the man who murdered 3,000 Americans?
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The Carpetbagger Report offers this:
Not again
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After the incidents at Haditha, Ishaqi, Hamandiya, and Samarra, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians. That was before this.
According to the WaPo report, the unit in Mahmudiyah had attributed the deaths of the four civilians to "insurgent activity, which is common in the area," until two soldiers from the 502nd came forward June 23 to say U.S. troops were responsible.The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that American soldiers raped and killed a woman and killed three of her family members in a town south of Baghdad, then reported the incident as an insurgent attack, a military official said Friday.
The alleged crimes occurred in March in the insurgent hotbed of Mahmudiyah. The four soldiers involved, from the 502nd Infantry Regiment, attempted to burn the family's home to the ground and blamed insurgents for the carnage, according to a military official familiar with the investigation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was providing details not released publicly.
No charges have yet been filed in the case, which the official said was "in the very early stages."
The NYT added that the alleged rape and killings came to light after a soldier felt compelled to talk about it in a "counseling-type session," after the discovery of the bodies of his kidnapped colleagues, and one soldier has admitted his role and has been arrested.
As Garance Franke-Ruta noted, "Every incident like this is more powerful than the millions of dollars spent by the State Department on public diplomacy." Given that this incident involves an alleged sex crime against a Muslim woman, I think that's an understatement.
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From Crooks and Liars:
Beware, the NY Times Travel Section!
By: John Amato on Saturday, July 1st, 2006 at 4:13 PM - PDT
So sayeth the right wing blogs.
I learned today from Michelle Malkin, Powerline’s John Hinderaker, and David Horowitz, among others, that The New York Times not only wants to help Al Qaeda launch terrorist attacks on the United States, but that newspaper also want to do everything possible to enable The Terrorists to assassinate Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld. That is the conclusion which these sober leaders of "conservative" punditry drew after reading this article in the Times‘ Travel section, which features the tiny, charming village of St. Michaels on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where both Cheney and Rumsfeld have vacation homes…read on
These people are insane. One idiot published the writer’s personal information online. Someone is going to get hurt.
