Most reports say that Captain James Kimber commanded "India Company", not
"Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion", as reported in the article supplied by Ustwo. The military has specifically stated that Kimber was not relieved of duty because of the Nov. 19, 2005, Haditha atrocities. The Knight Ridder article quoted below, says that, specifically. It seems that <a href="http://www.wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=805698">only Kimber, and his attorney, Paul Hackett</a>, are refuting a link between Kimber and Haditha that the military has not even made.
Some publications are using the Hackett/Kimber PR campaign, and "defense strategy"...for crimes that Kimber has not been accused of, and has been specifically "delinked" from, by the military, except in his own statements, to the press....to make a claim that the "liberal media" invented the false story of an atrocity committed against up to 24 civilians, last Nov. 19, in Haditha.
Ustwo, I am trying to fully figure out your point.....are you saying that, because Captain James Kimber, relieved of duty for “multiple incidents that occurred throughout their deployment,”....in a decision by his commanders that was described as “This decision was made independent of the NCIS investigation.” (an investigation into what happened on Nov. 19. 2005, involving Marine shootings in Haditha), did not hear about the accusations of murder of innocents in Haditha, until February, 2006, that this is proof that the "liberal media has it's own agenda"?
Quote:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...10haditha.html
Iraqi man, niece haunted by Marine attack that killed 23
Conflicting reports being investigated
By Nancy A. Youssef
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE
April 10, 2006
....The Navy Criminal Investigative Service began an investigation in February after a Time magazine reporter passed on accounts he had received about the incident. A second investigation was opened into how the Marines initially reported the killings – the Marines said that 15 people were killed by the roadside explosion and that eight insurgents were killed in subsequent combat.
On Friday, the Marines relieved of duty three leaders of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which had responsibility for Haditha when the shooting occurred.
They are Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and two of his company commanders, Capt. James S. Kimber and Capt. Lucas M. McConnell. McConnell was commanding Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, the unit that struck the roadside bomb on Nov. 19 and led the subsequent search of the area.
The Marines' announcement didn't tie the disciplinary actions directly to Haditha, saying only that Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, had lost confidence in the officers' ability to command.
<b>They were relieved because of “multiple incidents that occurred throughout their deployment,” said Lt. Lawton King, a spokesman at the Marines' home base at Camp Pendleton, to which they recently returned. “This decision was made independent of the NCIS investigation.”.....</b>
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Doesn't it seem that, instead of a "report" that undermines claims of atrocity by U.S. Marines in Haditha, the "noise" being made by "reporter" Andrew Walden, and James Kimber and his lawyer, is more of a PR "Op", than it is "news"?
What made Andrew Walden's report about James Kimber, seem credible to you, Ustwo, since James Kimber has not only not been charged with any responsibilty connected with a Haditha related crime, but has been specifically described by military spokesperson Lt. Lawton King, as being "relieved" under circumstances "independent" of the last military investigation into Haditha shootings?