WH: “Hazy” But...Iraqi PM Didn't Mean To Say Haditha Was“A Horrible Crime"

WH: It's “Hazy” But...Iraqi PM Didn't Mean To Say Haditha Deaths Were “A Horrible Crime”...
White House says Iraqi leader misquoted

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.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060602/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_haditha;_ylt=AtnR2uK4txMrmn0acg4RbtWyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
via:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/#a022106

are the wh press corps supposed to accept the 'hazy' excuse?

There must be a study course still out there called "America the Beautiful" from Ronald Reagan's era, yes?