Did Colorado Secretary of State Coffman Lie About Haditha Massacre?

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http://coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3419

Last week, we discussed the history of Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman's (formerly Colorado Treasurer --ed.) statements to the press regarding the Haditha massacre, which he was involved with as a civil affairs officer during his recent tour of duty in Iraq. Specifically, Coffman is on the record stating that local Iraqi officials didn't complain about the massacre during his time in Haditha. As the Denver Post reported last June:

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_3890030

Colorado state Treasurer Mike Coffman, a Marine major who recently returned from a voluntary tour of duty in Iraq, was assigned to the area around Hadithah after the November incident and met there with Chessani. As a civil affairs officer, Coffman said he took Chessani to the Hadithah city council after the shooting.

There were many complaints from Iraqis, but not about a massacre...

Which is also what he told the Washington Post, as we recounted last week:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/03/AR2006060300710_pf.html

When the Haditha city council met in January for the first time in many months, "none of them ever raised it as an issue," said Coffman, who attended the meeting.

A story in this weekend's Washington Post casts serious doubt on the truthfulness of these statements.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102279.html

http://coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3419