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07-17-2008, 01:40
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| Monkey Mouse   |  Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a defamation case against Rep. John P. Murtha and ordered the Pennsylvania Democrat to give a sworn deposition in the case. A Marine Corps sergeant is suing the 16-term congressman for alleging “cold-blooded murder and war crimes” by unnamed soldiers in connection with the deaths of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha. The deaths became known in May 2006 when Murtha, who opposes the Iraq war, said at a Capitol Hill news conference that a Pentagon war crimes investigation will show Marines killed dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians in the town in 2005. Murtha’s office declined to comment on the ruling. He has said his intention was to draw attention to the pressure put on troops in Iraq and to cover-up the incident. The Justice Department wanted the case dismissed because Murtha was acting in his official role as a lawmaker. Assistant U.S. Attorney John F. Henault said the comments were made as part of the debate over the war in Iraq. The Source
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07-19-2008, 11:33
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| Monkey Mouse |  Re: Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case I hope so too and hope there isn't a way he can weasel out of this.
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| Crew Dawg   |  Re: Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case Quote:
This, by the way, is a classic example of what I keep asking us to do, abolish sovereign immunity... which is what Murtha is invoking.
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