The father, former chair of the House Armed Services Committee, disparaged an NPR podcast series about the deaths and paid for a polygraph test to try to prove he played no role in a cover-up
In 2004, a U.S. general told the family of an Iraqi interpreter that insurgents killed their brother. The truth was more painful: He was mistakenly killed by Americans he had risked his life to help.
In 2004, a U.S. general told the family of an Iraqi interpreter that insurgents killed their brother. The truth was more painful: He was mistakenly killed by Americans he had risked his life to help.
Hunter insisted that he never knew about that friendly fire probe or had any communication whatsoever with any commanders about their Fallujah investigation.
A mortar blast killed two Marines in Iraq almost 20 years ago. But families weren't told for years it was "friendly fire," a tragic accident, despite regulations. Some of the wounded were never told.