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Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:00 AM

The government, the media and Afghanistan

The U.S. military relied on an "independent journalist" to deny villagers' claims of large-scale civilian deaths. It turned out the "journalist" is Fox's Oliver North.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, September 11, 2008 04:03 PM

    Oliver North's Record Of Covering Up Atrocities

    Oliver North has a a 40-year track record of lying and covering up war crimes and atrocities. He was a character witness in the court martial of his buddy, fellow Marine Randy Herrod, who was on trial for the murder of civilians at Son Thang in Vietnam. North also appeared on TV whining about all the coverage My Lai was getting. He lied to cover up the numerous atrocities of the Contras, too.

    As this article points out, it's rather two-faced for Fox News to attack Obama for being on an educational board that Bill Ayers sits on, when Fox has a show hosted by a man linked to the La Penca bombing in Costa Rica that killed four and wounded thirteen in 1984.

    http://daltonator.net/durandal/blog/index.php?s=son+thang

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