Opponent: Murtha wrong on Haditha, implied he'd take bribes
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday August 3, 2006
The GOP challenger to Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) has issued a statement attacking the incumbent for his statements regarding the Haditha masscare in Iraq--and using the occasion to condemn the Congressman for implying he may accept a bribe in a recorded 1980 conversation.
Diana Irey (right), a commissioner in Pennsylvania's Washington County, said Murtha was "wrong to say that Frank Wuterich and the Marines under his command 'killed innocent civilians in cold blood' before the first Marine was charged, before the first court-martial was convened, before the first soldier was convicted."
Murtha, a 16-term Congressman, is being sued by Wuterich for statements related to the massacre. Yesterday, the Associated Press reported that an investigation of the Haditha incident showed that statements made by Murtha were likely correct.
Irey went on to contend that Murtha should be more sensitive to the legal issues around the Haditha incident -- as he was the target of a bribery investigation in 1980. At the time, the FBI recorded Murtha declining a $50,000 bribe.
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