colin powell: 'covering up' war crimes for over 35 years...(photos/links)

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colin powell: 'covering up' war crimes for over 35 years...(photos/links)

Edited on Mon May-10-04 07:41 PM by amen1234

war criminal colin powell actively encouraging bush* cover-up of POW murder, sex-torture, rape, sodomy on children, extortion, and more to come...

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In his memoirs, An American Journey on page 140 Gen. Powell writes, about the Vietnam war:

"If a helo spotted a peasant in black pajamas who looked remotely suspicious, a possible MAM the pilot would circle and fire in front of him. If he moved, his movement was judged evidence of hostile intent, and the next burst was not in front, but at him. Brutal? Maybe so."

In his memoirs, General Powell also defends the U.S. practice of forcibly displacing peasants and destroying their homes, part of the "strategic hamlet" program � in fact, Gen. Powell's first "combat" assignment was in that program.

http://www.nowarcollective.com/powellbio.htm

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ONE lower-level soldier was the fall-guy Calley...After seven hours the jury sentenced Calley to life of hard labor in March 1971. In the end, he only served only days in Fort Leavenworth, before being transferred back to Fort Benning, where he was placed under house arrest. His sentence was repeatedly reduced. Finally, he was pardoned by President Nixon. He was paroled in November, 1974.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm

It is evident that efforts to suppress and withhold information concerning the Son My incident were made at every level in the Americal Division. These efforts, coupled with the false and misleading reports were successful in containing the story of Son My within the division. It is evident to this Inquiry, after interviewing most of those who witnessed the events at Son My, that any serious attempt to interrogate such individuals immediately following the incident would have resulted in full disclosure of the event. Many testified in a manner which showed an eagerness to express what had apparently caused them great concern. If there had been real concern in the chain of command, if anyone had taken action to ask questions, they would have had full and complete answers.

One matter which casts further suspicion on the Americal Division is the almost total absence of files and records of documents relating to the Son My incident and its subsequent investigation. With few exceptions the files have been purged of these documents and records of their removal or destruction have not been maintained. The single notable exception to this has been the copy of COL Henderson's 24 April report, and this document was found in the files of the llth Brigade S2 where it would not normally have been filed. The files of US advisory teams which had knowledge of the Son My incident were similarly barren.

colin powell covered-up this massacre....

Without interviewing Glen, Powell wrote a response denying the allegations, claiming that "relations between Americal soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." (The New Republic, 4/17/95). Given his involvement in the "strategic hamlet" program and the knowledge expressed in his memoirs of the brutal practices of American soldiers in Vietnam, he had to know his report was false. The report came out shortly after the My Lai massacre, in which hundreds of unarmed men, women and children were murdered and many women raped (Four Hours in My Lai: Penguin, 1993) � an atrocity committed by that same Americal division.

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Tue May-11-04 08:34 AM
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1. kick..........................

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Tue May-11-04 08:35 AM
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2. If it moves its a VC...

if it stand still its a well trained VC!

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