ACLU v America, again

Stop the ACLU cautiously looks at the ACLU's 10,000 page "list" of crimes committed by US troops in Iraq. Jay writes...

It is no surprise that the ACLU is more concerned about “rights” of our enemies than those of Americans. However, as for the legitimacy of the allegations, I will take a step back with caution.

The problem is the 10,000 pages are courts-martial summaries, transcripts and military investigative reports, not a list. Anyone who's ever had to deal with the government must know their insane obsession over reams and reams of paper work. The 10,000 pages only involve 22 actual cases. So while we've been in Iraq for 4 and a half years, the 150,000 to 160,000 troops only committed 22 crimes? What kind of moron calls 22 killings in 4 1/2 years from 150,000+ people DURING A WAR a "pattern"?

But upon closer examination what the ACLU is calling "crimes" turns out to be more of the wild, anti-American lies typical of ACLU loonies. Here are a few of the "atrocities" the ACLU dimwits listed... 

1. On January 14th, 2005, a vehicle approached a US Military convoy. The driver of the vehicle refused to move from the path of the convoy even after repeated warnings. A civilian contractor providing security for the convoy then opened fire on the vehicle injuring several occupants. One round, however, ricocheted and killed a bystander, Faysal Kamel Hamsa, who was standing on the side of the road. The three occupants of the vehicle, a man, a woman, and another of unidentified age, were only injured. The army ruled it a justifiable response. The ACLU, of course, considers it a crime.

2. On February 21st, 2005, an unidentified member of the US military lost control of their vehicle and struck an oncoming vehicle which resulted in the death of a 6-month-old child, Summa Soman Meero. The Military ruled it negligent homicide. The ACLU consider it the murder of an Iraqi citizen by US troops.

3. On January 25th, 2005, Abdulla Fawzi was admitted to the 86th Combat Support Hospital from wounds suffering in after opening fire on US troops. On January 30th, Fawzi died from his wounds. The US Military ruled this a combat death. The ACLU consider it the murder of an Iraqi citizen by US troops.

4. On April 21st, 2005, an Afghani man, Abdul Sayed Rahman, walked in front of a US Humvee doing just over 17mph. The driver attempted to avoid hitting Rahman, but the Humvee's side mirror clipped him. Rahman was immediately transported to military hospital at Bagram Airfield, but died from the injuries he received. The military ruled this an accidental death. The ACLU consider this the murder of a civilian by US troops.

5. On February 17th, 2005, two Afghani's fled upon the approach of Afghani and US Military vehicles. The US Troops pursued and killed both men. Autopsied showed that both were facing the direction of their attackers, and the follow-up investigation by Afghani police found spent shell casings from a weapon or weapons used by one or both men. The military ruled that there was insignificant evidence to rule whether the shootings were justified or not. Both Taliban and Al Queda hide terrorists among the local population, so pursuing suspects is routine, in order to protect both troops and civilians. Suspects who shoot at troops, are obviously presumed terrorists. Apparently, troops who shoot back at terrorists are presumed murderers by the ACLU.

6. On January 31, 2005 a riot broke out at Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca, Iraq. After two hours the riot began to escalate, and deadly force was used to quell the rioting prisoners. Three rioting prisoners were killed. The military ruled the killings justifiable. The ACLU classify it as the intentional murder of Iraqi Civilians by US Troops.

Other than a handful of real crimes, already widely publicized, the ACLU's "10,000 pages" are nothing more than their attempt to portray US Troops as wanton criminals, the exact same thing Liberals did during the Vietnam War. There is no caution needed with this story, since it is nothing more than the usual ACLU lies, decorated with a few, miniscule sprinkles of truth to make the lies appear different. The real crime is the treasonous behavior of the ACLU in attacking our troops while completely ignoring the atrocities committed by the enemy.

UPDATE: I erroneously listed in #4 above, Abdul Sayed Rahman as an Iraqi man. He was Afghani. I have corrected the entry. Thanks to Mark Seavey for the heads-up. He notes in his email...

I served in Bagram, and this sort of thing happened with some regularity, since "look both ways" is not really a custom of the 'stan.

But, apparently, the ACLU still thinks that's the fault of the US military.

Posted by Danny Carlton at September 5, 2007 9:43 AM