By Here is a video of Associated Press writer Charles Hanley who was the driving force behind the fraudulent No Gun Ri reporting, being interviewed on Democracy Now:
By watching the video you can see that Hanley continues to promote the false mythology that 400 people were killed by the US military at No Gun Ri despite the fact he has no evidence to support this. I also found it humorous that in one sentence Hanley says the US GI’s were treating all Koreans as the enemy and then in the very next sentence contradicts himself by saying that US soldiers evacuated civilians from two villages who eventually ended up at No Gun Ri. If the civilians were all being treated as enemy why would the soldiers evacuate them? Also with the unit so concerned about infiltrators within the refugee column why put more refugees on the road by evacuating villages?
Hanley also goes on to promote the orders to kill civilians at No Gun Ri which to this day Hanley has never been able to produce evidence of an order, but it doesn’t prevent him from stating over and over again on TV that one exists. He even brings up the Muccio Letter as evidence of an order to kill civilians at No Gun Ri which of course it wasn’t and provides no context about the letter. For proper context make sure to read my posting on the No Gun Ri Document Shell Game.
Hanley then goes on to talk about GI witness testimony and if you can believe not one word is mentioned about all the fraudulent GI witnesses or testimony misquoted by the AP. Here is Hanley’s score card for GI witness testimony:
- Patterson: misquoted
- Kerns: misquoted
- Tinkler: suspect testimony
- Hesselman: not there
- Carroll: says no massacre occurred
- Daily: not there
- Flint: not there
- Louis: not there
- Steward: misquote
- Lippincott: says no massacre occurred
- Huff: heard civilians killed during the war not at NGR
- George Preece: misquoted
Of course Hanley’s claims even after all these years does not hold up when compared to the large amount of evidence that exist that totally debunks his claims. However, when you are promoting a mythology it doesn’t matter if it it supported by facts or not because the useful idiots at places like Democracy Now aren’t going to ask the tough questions that should be asked.
It is the sad reality. No mistake...
1:04 am on July 29th, 2009 1
You know, the Pulitzer Prize is becoming synonymous with the accomplishments of worst of journalism thanks to some infamous examples of out right lies.
Anyway, two of the things I found most ludicrous about the Nogunri Fiasco:
1. The idea that US soldiers took South Koreans out of a couple of villages, forced them to gather on the railroad tracks, the called in an air strike and strafing to kill them.
2. That the AP took as definitive proof the "eye-witness" accounts of people who were — A. Very young at the time and B. People who are now very old.
Which, now that I think about it, creates a 3rd: The AP is supposed to be a wire service —- just reporting facts from around the world concerning what is going on NOW — not "news" from 50 years ago.
12:35 pm on July 29th, 2009 2
GI; you should write a formal paper disputing Hanley – from your excellent posts on the subject – and seek publication.