mark, It's a free country. Ain't it great we have lawyers that do such things? Maybe John Edwards will take his case, i hear he's very good on such cases.
On Sep 25, 4:07 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the Marines cleared in the killings of Iraqi civilians in the > town of Haditha plans to sue his congressman today for statements he > says defamed him and other members of his squad. > > Former Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, 24, of Canonsburg, will file > a civil lawsuit against U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Johnstown, who was > widely quoted two years ago saying that eight Marines carried out a > cold-blooded killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town on Nov. 19, > 2005. > > Charges were later dropped against all but one of the Marines, with a > military prosecutor calling allegations against Mr. Sharratt > "incredible." > > Noah Geary, a Washington County lawyer representing Mr. Sharratt, said > his client will file suit today in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh > accusing Mr. Murtha of violating his constitutional rights as well as > slander for statements about the Haditha incident. A 1:30 p.m. news > conference has been planned to announce the suit. > > "He just held innumerable press conferences, just repeatedly kept > saying this was cold-blooded murder," Mr. Geary said of the > congressman. > > While Mr. Sharratt killed three insurgents, Mr. Geary said, he > followed the rules of engagement for combat. > > The Haditha incident remains a political flash point in the Iraq War, > with critics saying Mr. Murtha, a Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam, > defamed American troops. > > http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08269/914907-85.stm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
