TREASON: A Marine Murdered Who Knew Too Much - Part 2 of 2

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Vatic note:  Just another reminder.  We did a blog on here showing the Taliban were being paid and funded by not only the CIA but also Mossad.  Keep that in mind when you read this section of the article.   Remember also Kimmit worked at state for Hitlary Clinton, and she works for Israel and the Bilderbergs as evidenced by her secret meeting with Obama and bilderberg in 2008.  It used to be illegal for officials working for the gov to meet secretly with non governmental agencies and especially if they had a conflict of interest.  In fact, it was criminal.  This has made me now wonder if the ambassador in Libya is probably another one of these assassinations of Americans to cover up criminal activity of the higher ups like Hillary.  We proved the official story of the ambassadors murder was bogus.   Given this issue was researched for three years by another veteran and published on Veterans Today,  makes it even more credible.  Read it and you decide.
We owe these men who gave their lives trusting those that betrayed them who represented the American people,  and to retain their integrity and loyalty to the nation and its people,  a thorough and in depth investigation of their demise and if it is proven circumstantially to have been a criminal murder, then we owe it to them and their families to pursue justice for them with congress and the criminal justice system.  Treason, murder one, and RICO conspiracy which means forfeiture of all assets.   Then give the assets to the family of the victim.   

TREASON: A Marine Murdered Who Knew Too Much  - Part 2 of 2

“They asked for indirect (redacted- presumably ‘fire’) and in return got 20 questions. The people in the TOC needed to let (redacted) do his thing and trust what he is asking for.”

According to a copy of the executive summary obtained by Kit Up, the 10th Mountain Division Soldiers manning the TOC at FOB Joyce “did not adequately support the mission” and reflected “an apparent lack of commitment to support partner units with the same focus and emphasis as organic units.” 

So, in other words, the 10th guys were more willing to dive in and do all it took to help another 10th unit in contact, but didn’t take the same kind of urgent action for an ETT made up of Marines, Soldiers and Afghan troops. That is disgraceful. 

Source:  military.com^[6]

The Ganjgal investigation, conducted by Army Col. Richard Hooker and Marine Col. James Werth, determined that the “negligent” leadership of three officers at nearby Forward Operating Base Joyce contributed “directly to the loss of life which ensued.” They refused direct calls for help from U.S. forces on the ground and failed to notify higher commands that they had troops under fire, the investigation found.

Recall that in 2009 three Marines and a Navy Corpsman approached the remote Kunar village of Ganjgal where they were ambushed in what was surely a planned incident. At the time even the women and children could be seen firing weapons, spotting or carrying munitions. The Marines made repeated calls for artillery and air support over the next couple of hours, with support denied due to the fact that the authorizing Army officers could not verify that noncombatants wouldn’t be harmed. We know this because a McClatchy reporter was with the Marines. In other words, whatever obfuscation that the Army can throw at this incident cannot supersede the conclusions that we can draw directly from McClatchy’s report.

And obfuscation came. The Army did an investigation that concluded, among other things, that the officers were out of the command center for decision-making during this engagement. But in fact they were out only some of the time, and did indeed refuse on multiple occasions to authorize supporting fires. They also had the presence of mind to authorize white phosphorus rounds to provide smoke and thus give cover for retreat, so they knew about the danger. They just didn’t authorize support.

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt vowed, “We will be back in Fallujah:. We will hunt down the criminals! It’s going to be deliberate. It will be precise, and it will be overwhelming.” Within days of the ambush, US forces laid siege to Falluja, beginning what would be one of the most brutal and sustained US operations of the occupation. Source: AlterNet

Just four days after four US mercenaries’ burned and dismembered bodies were strung up on a bridge, American military might was poised to bring Fallujah’s brief spell as a no-go area to an end. Up to 4,000 locally-based US Marines, whose original mission was to woo locals with a $500m humanitarian aid budget, were preparing to roll in with full battle armor on. 

Even Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, the normally impassive Coalition spokesman in Baghdad, seemed to be relishing the prospect. Declaring Fallujah “the town that just doesn’t get it”, he vowed to “hunt down the people responsible for this bestial act”. He added: “It will be at a time and a place of our choosing. It will be methodical, it will be precise and it will be overwhelming.” (VN:  I just decided, if you are going to place the power of life and death into a mans hands, then first he must be cleared by a team of psychiatrists and certified as not psychopathic.  If he is certified psychopathic, then he is kicked out of the military, loses his pension and put into mental health institution until cured.) 

We are all aware by now of what he was promising. Falluja has gotten “it.” Over 700 of its citizens are no longer living, breathing human beings. Thousands more have been mutilated. An overwhelming proportion of them had nothing to do with killing the mercenaries.

Of course, to realize the full promise of Kimmitt’s words, his boss, Gen. Abizaid, has asked the Defense Department for more troops, as the resistance inflamed by the reprisal has proved more formidable than expected.

These people are worse than those who betray a political entity. They spend most of a lifetime being warriors and the rest of a lifetime selling WMD and more personal homicidal tools to their successors.

The military-industrial complex has fundamentally changed our country. Things will not get better until the military-industrial complex is dismantled. Carried to its logical conclusion, such a complex leads to a fascist state like the Third Reich, capable of exterminating whole towns like Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in reprisal. Source:

How did Marine 1st Lt Michael Johnson, Marine Gunnery Sgt Edwin Johnson, Marine SSgt Aaron M Kenefick (Gunnery Sgt) and Navy/Corpsman James R Layton end up dead in a ditch when they were told they were going to a key leader engagement with the locals?And what really happened to a 5th American who was injured at Ganjgan that day who later died in the hospital, Army Sgt Kenneth Westbrook? He had been recovering in the hospital. His health had been steadily gaining; the hospital said he died of a blood transfusion?

Why was this one day of the entire year different from all the others? How did it happen that the Battalion Captain was on personal leave and another officer was transferred out to somewhere else this day?

While much has been done to pass the buck with regard to this story’s difficult outcome, such as the confusion over who was in command, the answers do seem clear in some areas. A particular major named Granger had a total of 27 years experience of artillery expertise under his belt at this time, in 2009.

Major Peter Granger of 10th Mountain Division, was the senior TOC officer at Joyce this day, by default as the captain was on leave and the lieutenant under him was transferred just as shots broke out at 5:20 or 5:30 a.m.

Obfuscation from Granger would state later that, “without knowledge of the exact whereabouts of friendly forces, I did not feel it was worth the risk to clear the fires. That was coupled with a lack of SA, in regards to the disposition of civilians in the area.”

For the record, very few people on the inside believe a word of it. The officers in the TOC could see on the map that the fire missions were being called in close to the farming compounds and we know drones were overhead monitoring Taliban troop movement. Those officers could not see the friendly troops who were dying, or could they with the drones? It has been suggested that protecting their rank more important to this bunch than taking risks and supporting the troops.

Even worse, at the end of the day the troops not getting the support go home and have to deal with losing their friends while the officers get promoted and never have to see the results of their decision up close.

Appearing to be the ‘driver’ of this operation to kill Marines and soldiers that day, why was Granger given an official reprimand for his screw up at Ganjgal, and then promoted to lieutenant colonel? This, according to the Mountaineer Online issue dated June 24, 2010, took place just 9 months after the ambush. In the Datelinestory examining this aspect of the case, a U.S. Army investigator who worked on the case says an official reprimand is a career-ruining move. The article by 10th Mountain Division Journalist Spc Matthew Diaz, states that this officer was NOW the “Chief of Operations for the Division”.

Doesn’t sound like a career killer from this vantage point.

This same article acknowledges that forces under this command would work on the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and build stability in the region. It states, 10th Mountain Division works hand in hand with foreign armies and U.S. government agencies ranging from the Department of Homeland Security to the Department of Agriculture. The article explains that they synchronize reconstruction and redevelopment much closer than in the past. They hit the ground running…

After becoming pinned down, as anyone who has read the account knows, Aaron Kenefick and his 2 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman were denied help, abandoned for a long time period, and it appears without question that Aaron was the target due to vital information he possessed. The same holds true for Army Sgt Kenneth Westbrook. As I continue to release information about this in future reports, you will see incredible evidence and learn that there were many deals taking place between Taliban and the Americans.

Perhaps the most nagging aspect is that the men ambushed and pinned down were able to call in artillery strike coordinates that the U.S. Army firebase refused to deliver. They were calling for air and artillery support for 2 hours, from about 5:20 a.m. till about 7:30 a.m.

Why were the 6 to 7 officers in the air conditioned TOC that day in and out of their command post?

Why were Kenefick and his men being asked if the calls for air and artillery support for the Marines or the Army?

Why were Kenefick and his men being asked 20 questions of who was on their ETT roster?

The most heart wrenching words to read from witnesses that heard these calls over their radios were the laughing of those men, as the Marines were begging for assets to rescue and support them.

Why did these men Laugh at other brothers in arms as they were in a dangerous position in the “KILL ZONE”?

Why did they not send for choppers to rescue them?

We know that Aaron Kenefick called the pilot on his cell phone and two choppers were on the way from an ‘inorganic’ unit because of the “dereliction of duties” by the organic unit, by this time, 1/2 hour into the calls, when protocol always has a time span of 10 to 15 min on average, and this valley was less then 5 miles from headquarters, so why the denial?

To make the KISS OF DEATH final, when the two choppers from the inorganic unit were within about 1 Kilometer of rescue, someone from the higher echelon (General David Rodriguez US CENTCOM) gave the order to clear the airfield, but then who gave General Rodriguez that order?

It would have had to come form the “DEFENSE DEPARTMENT” or STATE DEPARTMENT on 8 September 2009. Why would they have the choppers abort the mission of rescue for the lives of 4 American Marines? Where was this Lt Col transferred to this day and what time leaving the major in charge of the command post?

Army Obfuscations will state the following excuses

• “Poor Planning”
• “Inexperience”
• “Bad Intel”
• “Battallon Leadership Absent”
• “Advice Ignored”
• “Lack of Preperation”

Yet, General Scaparrotti who was up for his 3rd star at the time of this tragic incident and was the CJTF-82 Commanding Army Major General, mentions that the investigation found there were a slew of mistakes and that the key individuals have been dealt with.

Another article by the 10th Mountain Division in early august 2012 states that this particular Officer who was never reprimanded, was allowed to finish out his 30 year retirement till the end of July 2012. Because of the nature of questions leading to more questions in this tragedy, did General Scaparrotti have a connection to this particular major turned lt col turned civilian citizen that was DIRECTLY responsible for the loss of life that day?

Another question among many is how did Army Cpt Will Swenson’s Merit Citations for MOH disappear 3 times, it appears they were ambushed as well?

How did they disappear out of the computer systems at US CENTRAL COMMAND?

A persistent rumor that is in the paper and under discussion in the military community in Tampa Fl regards the permanent closure of Mac Dill Air Force Base. Who was in charge of CENTRAL COMMAND? General David Rodriguez. What are his relations to all of this?

We understand that General Rodriguez is up for consideration for U.S. Africa Command. Rodriguez was one of the architects of the operation in which President Obama ordered an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in late 2009. Rodriguez is the General that was responsible for clearing the airfield when Aaron Kenefick and the others were about 2 to 3 min from being rescued. Now General David Rodriguez is going to be in charge of a dangerous area such as Africa?

It was July 23, 2009, when this particular Marine unit from Okinawa Japan left for Afghanistan for what was to be a 9-month mission. This team was called the Embedded Training Team ETT 2-8. They were told they were going there to be a presence for the Afghan elections which took place on Aug 20 2009. A presence, yet not security, which seems confusing and fails to make sense. This team of Marines was not security, only a Presence? And it was a KNOWN FACT in history that from 1979 to 1989 the Russians could not beat the Mujaheddin in the mountains and terrain of Ganjgal, so higher echelons had this knowledge.

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