Published on 03/23/10

By Mark Walker

NC Times

Gen. James Mattis, one of the most revered commanders in the Marine Corps, said Monday that he was never improperly influenced when deciding how to prosecute troops charged in the slayings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

“I don’t recall a single time that anyone tried to influence me unlawfully,” Mattis testified in a Camp Pendleton courtroom, where the lone remaining Haditha defendant, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, is seeking to have the charges against him dismissed.

Mattis testified for more than 90 minutes. He said he independently reviewed all the investigative reports about the killings, which occurred after a roadside bomb killed one Marine and injured two others.

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Dear Friends, Brothers (& Sisters)-in-Arms and family,

Please read the documents in the links below, and then, the following email from our Public Relations Director, Wendy Gumpert. The links are to a petition letter that you can complete (edit it however you wish) and send it to us ASAP.

One link is an editable MS Word document with notes on the needed date, signature and address. Please remove these notes and fill in your information. Another is a printable PDF file, which is not editable, with the examples of the information that needs to be added. The last is a printable PDF without the notes that will allow you to print the document and fill in necessary information by hand.

We need to act NOW for Evan and his family. This is a crucial time for action.

Petition in Editable MS Word document format.

Petition in Adobe Reader PDF with examples of needed information.

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