BuffaloJack
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
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Location: Buffalo, New York
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 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: Thank you, Thomas More Center |
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| Quote: | Marine Commander Faces Politically Charged “Haditha” Prosecution; Thomas More Law Center Joins Defense Team
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced that it will defend Marine Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Chessani, against military criminal charges of “Dereliction of Duty” and “Orders” violations. The charges stem from the much politicized and often misreported (especially from Time magazine) tragic events surrounding a fierce battle between U.S. Marines and Iraqi and foreign terrorists on November 19, 2005 in the town of Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq—a place described as “an insurgent citadel.”
At the time of the battle, Chessani was commander of Third Battalion, First Marines and responsible for approximately 2000 American and Iraqi forces. At about 7:15 in the morning of November 19, 2005, a squad of Chessani’s Marines was leading a convoy when it was ambushed by a road-side bomb and small arms fire from nearby houses. The bomb detonated under a Humvee, killing one Marine and injuring two others. An ensuing house-to-house battle between insurgents and an out-numbered 4-man Marine “fire team” resulted in the deaths of 24 Iraqis, including 15 civilians.
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http://www.thomasmore.org/news.html?NewsID=533
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Thank you to the Thomas More Center for taking up the cause in defending our fighting men in their legal battles.
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