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Military Misleads Press, Families, about How 10 Marines Died LastWeek in Iraq |
Military Misleads Press, Families, about How 10 Marines Died Last Week
in Iraq
Editor & Publisher
Tuesday 06 December 2005
New York - Why did the U.S. military mislead the media and the
families of ten Marines killed near the Iraqi city of Falluja while "on
patrol" last week about how they were killed? The military announced on
Tuesday that it actually happened at a "promotion" ceremony and they
were not on foot patrol as initially reported.
Families of the victims immediately raised questions about the
incident and it was unclear whether the site had been properly swept for
explosive devices.
The Marines were in a disused flour mill on the outskirts of the
city to celebrate the promotion of three soldiers, a military statement
said on Tuesday.
As the ceremony ended, the Marines dispersed and one of them is
thought to have stepped on a buried pressure plate linked to explosives
that caused the devastating blast.
But CNN, for example, reported four days ago, based on military
reports, that the dead Marines "were conducting a nighttime foot patrol
when a roadside bomb fashioned with large artillery shells detonated."
Misreporting up the chain of command led to the incorrect reporting
of the location to the media, Marine officials said.
The death toll was the largest suffered by U.S. soldiers in Iraq in
a single incident since August.
Last Friday the Marine Corps had announced that the 10 Marines were
on foot patrol and hit in an ambush on Thursday by a roadside bomb, an
improvised explosive device, or IED, "made from several large artillery
shells," the Marines said, according to the Associated Press dispatch.
Eleven Marines were wounded in the explosion.
The attack came was just a day after President George W. Bush had
given a speech outlining his strategy for Iraq and saying he would
settle for "nothing less than complete victory."
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