Marine Officer Who Died In Iraq Had Been Escorting Oliver North

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003523039

Marine Maj. Megan McClung, a public affairs officer who became the highest-ranking woman killed in Iraq when she died two weeks ago, had been escorting Oliver North and a FOX News crew through Ramadi just moments before a roadside bomb took her life, a military spokesman told E&P on Monday.

When the explosion occurred on Dec. 6, McClung was in the midst of escorting a Newsweek staffer, according to Lt. Col. Bryan Salas, a public affairs officer stationed at Camp Fallujah. He said he did not know the identity of the Newsweek employee or the reason for the escort.

"My understanding is that Newsweek was with her at the time of the explosion, in a different vehicle," Salas said. "She had just dropped off the Fox News crew."

McClung, 34, had just left North, a Fox contributor, and his crew at the Ramadi Government Center following a 10-minute escorted drive from Camp Ramadi, a U.S. Army base there, Salas said. "It was her first and only escort with him," Salas told E&P. "He was covering the Marines in Ramadi." Many journalists go out without any military escort, even in dangerous areas.

A Fox News spokesperson said she could not confirm North's involvement, while Newsweek did not immediately return a call seeking information.

[Howardx]

1. guess what im thinking

n/t

[liberal N proud]

3. I give up

What could you possibly be thinking?
Olie' surely wasn't involved, surely!

[RamboLiberal]

4. I know what I was thinking and it's not nice

Let's just say I wouldn't have mourned Ollie.

[undeterred]

9. me too!

:nuke:

[951-Riverside]

13. Dull knife n/t

[against all enemies]

21. There is no God?

[Botany]

2. Stephanie Miller had a clip with North last week.

He was making fun of the insurgents because somebody shot @
his crew but missed. He said something like, "That guy must have
been French trained because if he was taught to shoot by the Marines
he would have hit his target."

I wonder if North is still joking?

[JoFerret]

16. so his little life is more valuable...

...than the person escorting and protecting him. Take your ridicule to hell.

[donsu]

35. North is a criminal and should have been placed in prison long ago

where ever North is and whatever he is doing is criminal

sure he is still smirking and joking

[cspanlovr]

5. Heck of a job Northie!

[Shipwack]

6. It's bad enough for a soldier to be killed...

... but to have died escorting that piece of shit.

:mad:

[Wcross]

19. A soldier wasn't killed- She was a Marine.

Trust me on this one. Marines do NOT like to be called soldiers.

[saigon68]

27. Dead = Dead

That person died for nothing

[Wcross]

29. Really?

What if i started referring to all soldiers as sailor? I was merely pointing out a misused term. I agree her life was thrown away for nothing.

[saigon68]

33. Was agreeing with you, I should have put it better

not wanting to start a flame war

[twilight_sailing]

7. "had been escorting... just moments before"

The phrasing used makes it sound as if she had just said,

"Well, Ollie, it's been fun escorting you around,"

then she turned away and was killed moments later.

Why not say she was killed while escorting Ollie North?

Really, why go to so much trouble to make the distinction?

[Tin Man]

12. The description is accurate - according to the story, North wasn't present at the time of the attack

...the article points out that McClung had escorted North INTO the Ramadi govt center, then picked-up the Newsweek staffer for the return trip to the base. The attack happened during the return - therefore, I would agree w/ the description that McClung *had been* escorting North shortly before the attack that claimed her life.

[twilight_sailing]

30. OK, good.

Thanks.

[Old and In the Way]

8. And Ollie will return to tell us how we are winning and we will have

victory soon. So other soldiers can die in similar circumstances years from now when we are still in this quagmire because it suits the politics of people like that criminal North.

[sofa king]

10. Worse,

he'll invoke her needless death as more ignoramus feed propaganda for the Fox News viewers, and probably benefit in the ratings game for it, if not personally profit from it.

[San Diego]

11. I wonder if Mrs. North knew

that Ollie was running around with escorts in Iraq.

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Not sure, but I bet she knew he plays with himself while in uniform.

And welcome to DU!

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Ollie-Alfred E. Newman-North will still lie about how great it is over there.

That man is a disgrace to the uniform and his country.

[dogfacedboy]

31. North is traitorous, criminal scum.

I cannot say here what needs to be done to that worthless crapsack, but whoever did it would be a hero.

[yurbud]

17. wait, she didn't take a hit to save North did she? that would be tragic.

[Me-Oh-My]

18. I bet you Ollie the scumbag

ran out and checked her charred body for valuables before he taunted the bystanders for being French trained.
He needs to hang.

[laylah]

20. Or cocaine...

welcome to DU Me-Oh-My. :toast:

Jenn

[CBHagman]

22. What a hideous waste.

I am so sick of reading about the needless deaths of Iraqis and all others. McClung should never have even been in the country.

[alcuno]

23. Did Ollie ever mention this during his positive reports from Iraq?

I saw him a couple of times and don't recall him bringing this up. Did he ever mention it? It happened two weeks ago, after all.

[underpants]

34. There is lots Ollie doesn't mention

David Hackworth on Oliver North
http://www.airborne-ranger.com/ranger/wannabees/OllieNorth.html

Between 1969 and 1974 he spent most of his time in offices and classrooms and on training assignments. In late 1974 he again took charge of troops when he became a company commander, as a captain, on Okinawa. Just 29 days into the assignment, North--described to me by a follow officer who saw him at the time as an "emotional wreck"--surrendered his command.

He returned to the U.S., where he spent as much as three weeks at Bethesda Naval Hospital for some deep-shrinking by psychiatrists. The episode is shrouded in mystery. North himself is vague about it in Under Fire, his autobiography published reports that parts of his medical record were expunged. Meanwhile, there have been published reports (which North never legally challenged) that provide details about the apparent nervous breakdown. In one account he ran around naked, babbling incoherently and waving a .45 pistol.

[goforit]

24. Yes keep those Fox news parasites reporting the front lines.

[Bigmack]

25. First Han-nutty ...

... and now the Full Metal Jackoff.

What is wrong with those fucking Iraqis? Doesn't anybody know how to use a sniper rifle in that country?

[aaronbees]

26. Damn shame :(

And what an awful way to go, escorting that gasbag criminal.

[MnFats]

28. what the hell does that jagoff son of a bitch need to be there for?

so he can spew his personal brand of macho propaganda via FOX?
let him hang his head in shame.
let him visit this woman's family PERSONALLY to explain why her death has meaning -- Ollie was protected....

[dogfacedboy]

32. A-holes like North never stop playing little green army men. n/t