by hmm » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:45 pm
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article328159.ece">news.independent.co.uk/wo...328159.ece</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br> Furore over ex-marine's account of killing of civilians<br>By Natasha Saulnier<br>Published: 20 November 2005<br><br>For 20 months, former US marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey has claimed in numerous interviews that he and his platoon killed unarmed civilians during the invasion of Iraq.<br><br>Last year The Independent on Sunday was one of the first newspapers to publish his story, which has never been challenged by the Marine Corps. But now that Mr Massey's autobiography, Kill, Kill, Kill, has been published in France and is being considered for publication in the US, a reporter who was embedded with the 1,200-man battalion has questioned the veracity of his claims.<br><br>Earlier this month Ron Harris wrote a series in his newspaper, the St Louis Post-Dispatch, under headlines that included, "Is Jimmy Massey Telling the Truth About Iraq?". <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The articles seized on minor discrepancies of detail</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> and implied that, because Mr Massey suffers from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, he is less than reliable.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>and Jimmy Massey in his own words:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/massey11102005.html">www.counterpunch.org/massey11102005.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>November 10, 2005<br><br>Smear Job<br>Is Ron Harris Telling the Truth?<br><br>By JIMMY MASSEY<br>~snip~<br>Major newspapers and media outlets published my story. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Neither the Marine Corps nor any of my platoon members filed any charges against me as a result of my claims in over 20 months.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Nor did they attempt any defamation campaign to counteract my allegations that the large numbers of civilians killed in the invasion, as a result of failed strategies, fomented anti-American sentiment, and fueled the insurgency.<br><br>Until Saturday.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>more in the articles... <p></p><i></i>