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Tue Nov-13-07 06:02 AM
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Recording sparks investigation of shootout |
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Recording sparks investigation of shootout By Kimberly Johnson - Staff writer[br />Posted : Monday Nov 12, 2007 17:31:19 EST
A Marine captain, in what he described as the “C-Y-A part” of his briefing, ordered dozens of men in his company to get their story straight in case investigators asked questions about a 2006 firefight that might have left Iraqi women and children dead in the crossfire.
“Earlier up on the roof, there was like five women and little girls, OK? We f---ed that area up,” Capt. Shane Cote, 35, told his Marines, after a day that included at least nine firefights in 14 hours. “If we did any collateral damage, there will be people here asking. Your answer, for the sake of yourselves — and me — better be you were f---ing shooting at muzzle flashes.”
His Marines grunted out their affirmatives, “ooh-rahs” all around. They got it.
One of them even got it on tape.
A secret recording of the briefing (Warning: Explicit language), obtained by Marine Corps Times, was made by a sergeant who believes the captain was ordering his men to lie about the shooting. The recording, made on the sergeant’s MP3 player, was turned in to unit officials weeks after the day in question. A criminal investigation followed. Now, more than a year later, the Marine Corps still refuses to discuss the details of the shootout near Ramadi. Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/military_cyabrief_111207/
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Tue Nov-13-07 08:54 AM
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1. "Damaged Goods: Back from Iraq and Showing soon in YOUR Neighborhood" nt |
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