This you will not believe!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060602/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_haditha

It's a short article so I'll post the whole thing:

White House says Iraqi leader misquoted

1 hour, 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday sought to soften criticism by
Iraq's prime minister over allegations that U.S. Marines killed two dozen unarmed civilians in the western town of Haditha last November.

White House press secretary Tony Snow said that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had told U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad that he had been misquoted. But Snow was unable to explain what al-Maliki told Khalilzad or how he had been misquoted.

"That is a little too complicated for me to try to read out," Snow said at a briefing where he was pressed to explain how al-Maliki's remarks were supposed to have been distorted. "It becomes a little convoluted and so I don't want to make a real clear characterization because it's a little hazy to me," Snow said.

The prime minister was quoted a day earlier as saying the Haditha deaths were "a horrible crime." He also was quoted as saying, "This is a phenomenon that has become common among many of the multinational forces. No respect for citizens, smashing civilian cars and killing on a suspicion or a hunch. It's unacceptable."

So that was a misquote, he really thinks the massacres are OK?

on Monday.

:(

about it. i believe the words you were looking for were "it gains a little something in translation."

I heard Snow spew this bs this morning on C-Span. However, all afternoon CNN and MSNBC have been reporting what the Prime Minister initially said. What's up with that? I really expected them to shove this BS down our throats. Hmmmmmmm...

by the sheer contempt this white house shows toward the American people. They will piss on your leg and tell you it's raining and then tell you that you owe them for a shoe shine because some of it splashed back on their shoes.

Is it possible that the PM changed his mind after a phone call from Bush?

It's so that these zealots can explain away another truth. It will work on the vast majority of those people. They want it to work on more Americans, also, to confuse them, make their head ache, and get them thinking about "gay marriage" instead.

I mean it's ridiculous, Snow should just go harp on about that stupid marriage amendment that's got them all lathered up

:puke:

His act isn't even fun to watch.

Iraqi PM condemns US violence
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Published: 03 June 2006

... "They run them over and leave them, or they kill anyone suspicious. This cannot be accepted," Mr Maliki said in comments remarkable from a leader whose government's fragile grip on the country would be impossible without the presence of 130,000 US troops on its soil. He demanded full access to US files on the cases so that Iraqis could pursue their own investigations ...

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article624189.ece


Iraq wants US to hand over Haditha file
Saturday, June 3, 2006

... The Iraqi government will ask the United States for the investigative files into allegations that U.S. Marines killed Iraqi civilians in Haditha last year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday ... Asked if he would demand the files, Maliki told reporters without elaborating: "Yes." ...

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=45259


Iraqi PM condemns 'massacre' as a crime
By MICHAEL GEORGY
03jun06

NEW Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has condemned as a "terrible crime" the alleged massacre of civilians by U.S. Marines and President George W. Bush has promised an independent investigation ...

Mr Maliki, who has promised to confront the rampant insurgency that has wracked the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, said it was "a terrible crime where women and children were eliminated".

He said his patience was wearing thin with excuses that U.S. troops killed civilians "by mistake" ...

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19344228%5E912,00.html


Iraq's prime minister condemns U.S. forces
By Seattle Times news services

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, head of a Shiite Muslim-led governing coalition that, at times, has expressed resentment of the U.S. troop presence here, on Thursday formally condemned not just the Haditha killings but what he called "the practice" of occupying forces' disregard for civilians in Iraq ...

He said he would establish a special committee to investigate the Haditha incident and would demand an apology from the United States for the killings, something the U.S. military has consistently refused to do when confronted with instances in which civilians are killed.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003034318_haditha02.html


Iraqi prime minister rips U.S. military
Baghdad, irked by 'unacceptable' incidents with civilians, will do its own inquiry
By RICHARD A. OPPEL JR.
New York Times

... In his comments, al-Maliki said violence against civilians had become a "daily phenomenon" by troops in the American-led coalition who "do not respect the Iraqi people." ... "This is completely unacceptable." Attacks on civilians will play a role in future decisions on how long to ask U.S. forces to remain in Iraq, the prime minister added ...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3921913.html


New Iraq ambassador says US forces 'intentionally' killed cousin in home raid
Jaime Jansen at 9:49 AM ET

Shortly after a meeting with President Bush, new Iraqi ambassador to the United States and former Iraq ambassador to the United Nations Samir al-Sumaida'ie said in a CNN interview Tuesday that US Marines intentionally killed his 21-year old cousin, Mohammed al-Sumaida'ie, in Haditha last June during a routine house search. Al-Sumaida'ie added that the second-year engineering student never showed any signs of violence and that he would like to see further investigation into his cousin's death , beyond the probe opened last August ...

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/new-iraq-ambassador-says-us-forces.php


Kinda long "misquote," ain't it?

complete jerk.

,,,,,,"That is a little too complicated for me to try to read out," Snow said

Because..............well..............because they believe! :tinfoilhat:

They are trying to get the Iraqis to say it wasn't a big deal.