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| Rep. John Murtha sued for defamation
Supporting the troops, Democrat style. Quote:
A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a defamation case against Rep. John P. Murtha and ordered the Pennsylvania Democrat to give a sworn deposition about his comments alleging "cold-blooded murder and war crimes" by unnamed soldiers in connection with Iraqi civilian deaths.
A Marine Corps sergeant is suing the 18-term congressman for making the charge, which the soldier claims is false. Murtha, who opposes the Iraq war, made the comment during a May, 2006 Capitol Hill news conference in which he predicted that a Pentagon war crimes investigation will show Marines killed dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005....
| Murtha must testify in defamation case - Yahoo! News Quote:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Marines have dismissed charges against an officer accused of failing to report accurately the U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005….
….Military prosecutors initially charged eight Marines, including four officers, in the case. Marine authorities have since dismissed charges against four of them….
| U.S. officer charges dismissed in Haditha killings | Reuters |
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