The most disgraceful political witch hunt that used the court of public opinion to try to destroy innocent Marines, undermine the war effort, and give aid and comfort to America’s enemies is finally over. All the Haditha Marines who were wrongly accused of “cold-blooded murder” and war crimes have been exonerated.

There once was a time in America when a person was presumed innocent until they were proven guilty. That basic presumption of law derived from the Latin legal principle that ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat – the burden of the proof lies upon him who affirms, not he who denies, was denied to eight US Marines in what became known as “Haditha,” the highest-profile atrocity prosecution of US servicemen out of the Iraq war.

“We have to let these guys go all the time no matter what they do, and then we find them trying to hit us again. But if they think I’ve screwed up once, then [the military will] have no problem throwing me to the wolves,” Brooks said.

As Iran continues its determined march to becoming a nuclear power, President Ahmadinejad has called on Iran’s scientists to press ahead with “industrial-scale enrichment.”
Recently, President Ahmadinejad’s audience erupted into cheers and chanted “Allah akbar” (God is great), after he said: “I am officially announcing that Iran has joined the group of those countries which have nuclear technology.”
With this mind, please read The Pentagon’s Office of the Secretary Defense’s first ever report on Iranian military power to the U.S. Congress that was released on April 19, 2010. The 12-page, unclassified …

This was written by Chaplain Jim Higgins LSA Anaconda. He currently is serving at the Ballad Airport in Iraq, north of Baghdad. “Please share only if you are so inclined, he wrote.” I am inclined.
The Music Stopped
For those who are unaware: At all military base theaters, the National Anthem is played before the movie begins.
“I recently attended a showing of ‘Superman 3′ here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings.
As is the custom at …

Fox News, Rowan Scarborough reports:
Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.
The three, all members of the Navy’s elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called an admiral’s mast — and have requested a trial by court-martial.
Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named “Objective Amber,” told investigators he …

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They don’t even let them rest in peace in Iran: “Baha’i Cemetery Ruined for the 18th Time”
RT @AtlSafa: Basij will merge into IRGC ground forces
RT @RTfromIran: So lets put r heads 2gthr & find out, how 2 comunicate safely in #Iran,spread important messages fast
RT @persianbanoo: 7/7- Amir-Mehdi died on the way 2 Shohada hospital. ths event has not bn reported on official police reports
RT @persianbanoo: 6/7- nervous & throw the boys out of the van. As they sped away they ran over …