Haditha Report:Deadly Encounter Propaganda Ploy by Al Qaeda Orcs

Nathaniel R. Helms, Defend Our Marines, has a news story about a Marine Corps intell summary that the Haditha Ambush was planned by Al Qaeda to trap Marines in a fire fight while surrounded by civilians. The ploy was revealed to "Marine Corps intelligence operatives ... advised of the scheme to demonize the Marines by an informant named Muhannad Hassan Hamadi. The informant was snared by 3/1 Marines on December 11 2005 and decided to cooperate."

"The attack was carried out by multiple cells of local Wahabi extremists and well-paid local gunmen from Al Asa’ib al-Iraq [the Clans of the People of Iraq] that were led by Al Qaeda foreign fighters, the summary claims. Their case was bolstered by Marine signal intercepts revealing that the al Qaeda fighters planned to videotape the attacks and exploit the resulting carnage for propaganda purposes." link