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They were “barbarically” killed, according to the Washington Post. Allah has more–and notes that the next of kin have yet to be notified. Keep them in your prayers.
An uncle of one of the soldiers is criticizing the government. Newsbusters has more.
Thanks to John Little for linking to PFC Tucker’s last recorded phone message [...]

So the leakers are now telling the Los Angeles Times:
The general charged with investigating whether Marines tried to cover up the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha has completed his report, finding that Marine officers failed to ask the right questions, an official close to the investigation said Friday.
Nothing in the report points to a [...]

Peter Collier and David Horowitz dissect.

Eject! Eject! Eject!

They can’t sell concert tickets in red states. So they diss Americans again.
We’re Not Ready To Make Nice, either.

The Chronicle of Higher Education investigates “Scholars for 9/11 Truth,” a tinfoil-wrapped group of academics who espouse 9/11 conspiracy theories. Check it out.

Via Breitbart.com/AP:
An umbrella group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a Web statement Monday that it had kidnapped two U.S. soldiers reported missing south of Baghdad. There was no immediate confirmation that the statement was credible, although it appeared on a Web site often used by al-Qaida-linked groups.
U.S. officials have said they were [...]

Ian’s got the video of Murtha on Meet The Press. Transcript here.
After criticizing Karl Rove’s “fat backside,” Murtha put forth his fat-headed Okinawa plan:
MR. RUSSERT: You say redeploy. Again, Mr. Rove challenges that comment.
Let’s listen and give you again a chance to respond to the White House.
(Videotape, Monday):
MR. ROVE: Congressman Murtha said, “Let’s redeploy them [...]

Listen to Pajamas Media Blog Week in Review * Fumento in Ramadi (multimedia) * Send good wishes to Ed Morrissey, who’s out of the hospital * LGF catches NYT shilling for Islam * Minutemen fence vandalized, reports Michelle at Freedom Folks * MuNu hacked again by cyberjihadists targeting The Jawa Report * Allah and Dan [...]

But don’t question theirs (gallon-sized hat tip: Coalition of the Swilling)…
The Chicks can’t hide their disgust at the lack of support they received from other country performers. “A lot of artists cashed in on being against what we said or what we stood for because that was promoting their career, which was a horrible thing [...]

The Marine Corps Times reports:
Military officials on Friday said they have decided to remove shackles put on seven confined Marines and one sailor whenever they’re outside their individual cells at the Camp Pendleton brig, a Marine Corps spokesman said.
The eight men, confined at the brig since May 24, were being held with “maximum” restraints based [...]

He’s too busy.

A FoxNews.com exclusive–bookmark for weekend reading:
Ray Robison, a former member of the CIA-directed Iraq Survey Group (ISG), examined efforts by Saddam Hussein to build and hide weapons of mass destruction, and supervised a group of linguists to analyze, archive and exploit documents and materials of Saddam’s regime.
In this second of a three-part examination of a [...]

A salute.

The Iraq roll call. More.

The obscene, abusive, unhinged jerk Keith Olbermann earns his own prize.
His book, “Worst Person in the World,” is due out in September.
The “worst person” designation, he told a reporter last December, is “for somebody who’s wrong and egregiously stupid and abusing their own position.”
Takes one to know one.
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Catch up at Olbermann Watch.
Larry Johnson deserves [...]

Time.com: Utah State grad Christina Lakey carries a cardboard cutout of her deployed husband, Army Reserve Spc. Benjamin Lakey, who’s in Afghanistan.

Reader Dave C. e-mails:
MM –
Here’s a fantastic photo I hope you’ll consider for your website (even w/ the best of MSM exposure, it could use more):
The grad is my brother’s squadmate’s wife, and [...]

Photoshop: HA affiliate David Lunde
A little in-fighting over Rep. “Frozen Dollar Bill” Jefferson:
With members of the Congressional Black Caucus crying double standard, House Democrats met behind closed doors Thursday and voted to strip Rep. William Jefferson of his seat on the Ways and Means Committee.
The move was led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, [...]

Today on Vent: The latest on Hadji Girl.
Cpl. Belile’s band is the Sweater Kittenz:

Buy their music here.
And do not miss Allah Pundit’s slam of the bleeding-heart terror thugs at Islam Online, plus an update on Marine brass feeling the heat.

An Army guy in Iraq e-mails:
I am already a big fan of Fox News. You can now make me a Fox Fan For Life (F3L). As of Saturday, we’ll get to watch the US soccer team play Italy in the World Cup thanks to the intervention of Rupert Murdoch.
He’s talking about this via Stars [...]

The witch hunt against the Marine who performed “Hadji Girl” continues. Military lawyers are scouring their books for a reason to punish Cpl. Joshua Belile:
Marine Corps officials said on Wednesday their preliminary inquiry will focus on whether Belile broke military law or rules in writing and singing a song with offensive lyrics to an audience [...]

Gather ’round for a moonbat bedtime tale at Hot Air:

***update: We’ve captured and posted the video of Hillary getting booed as she asks progressives to support the troops. Guess they won’t be helping out the Camp Pendleton 8…LGF asks: What’s wrong with Marine brass?***
My column this week calls attention to the Camp Pendleton 8–7 Marines and Navy corpsman being held in shackles with no [...]

***update: Blackfive reports: “I received the original video “Hodji Girl” (that was the title) back in early March from a Corpsman who thought that Corporal Joshua [Belile] was hilarious. I sent it around to my friends with the caveat not to post it so [Belile] wouldn’t suffer the wrath of the humorless asshat sycophants [...]

With his words…
Hopes for a quick compromise on immigration were dealt a blow Tuesday after House Speaker Dennis Hastert said he wanted to take a “long look” at a Senate bill offering possible citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
Hastert said hearings on the Senate bill should be held before appointing anyone to a House-Senate [...]

Told you today was Rove Derangement Syndrome Day.
This just in:
John Kerry’s spokesman goes after Rove’s….weight.
(And check out the comments.)

The usual suspects are up in arms.
My Vent:

O’Reilly inside Gitmo.

Good (hat tip: Aubrey):
A state trial judge on Monday overturned a voter-approved city ordinance that banned handgun possession and firearm sales in San Francisco, siding with gun owners who said the city did not have the authority to prohibit the weapons.
Measure H was placed on the November ballot by the San Francisco County Board of [...]

Guilty to DUI. (Hat tip: Drudge)
Or should we say DWK…
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Previous: Another Kennedy cover-up?

Trevor Bothwell called my attention to this Haditha hysteria from left-wing Arizona Republic cartoonist Steve Benson published last week (click for full-size):

The paper has received “more than 160 letters about the cartoon…from around the country.”
A sample:
Regarding Republic cartoonist Steve Benson’s Wednesday:
His disrespect for the Marines and the Marine Corp emblem is a slap in face [...]