{"id":1114,"date":"2004-07-03T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2004-07-04T00:22:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2004-07-03T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2004-07-04T00:22:36","slug":"justice-for-zaydun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/03\/justice-for-zaydun\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for Zaydun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"10%\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/images\/zaydun.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/images\/zaydun.html','popup','width=384,height=528,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"zaydun\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/images\/zaydun-thumb.JPG\" width=\"250\" height=\"343\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12px;\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#800000\"><center>Zaydun<\/center><br \/><\/font>   <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/font><\/div>\n<p>Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Despite months of stonewalling, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A50227-2004Apr4.html\" target=\"_blank\">obstruction of the investigation<\/a>, denials and lies by the US military in Iraq, it appears that at least the <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.tbo.com\/ap\/breaking\/MGBGPK336WD.html\" target=\"_blank\">3 soldiers responsible<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&#038;storyID=5578203\" target=\"_blank\">for the murder <\/a>of Zaydun Ma&#8217;mun Fadhil Hassun Al-Samarrai, who was forced to jump from a bridge into the freezing waters of the Tigris river last January.  This is a victory of sorts for his family, who <a href=\"http:\/\/healingiraq.blogspot.com\/archives\/2004_01_01_healingiraq_archive.html#107355465026355767\">refused to give up their quest for justice for their son,<\/a> and also for the blogosphere &#8211; in particular <a href=\"http:\/\/healingiraq.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">zeyad of Healing Iraq<\/a>, who helped to get the word out about the death of his relative and called on bloggers everywhere to <a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/2004\/05\/a_reprimand_for.html\" target=\"_blank\">keep the story alive<\/a>.  Improbably, even <a href=\"http:\/\/instapundit.com\/archives\/014901.php\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Reynolds at Instamonger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/archives\/013429.php\" target=\"_blank\">linked it,<\/a> which set him up for quite a bit of criticism from his regular warblogger compadres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zaydun Maybe. Despite months of stonewalling, obstruction of the investigation, denials and lies by the US military in Iraq, it appears that at least the 3 soldiers responsible for the murder of Zaydun Ma&#8217;mun Fadhil Hassun Al-Samarrai, who was forced to jump from a bridge into the freezing waters of the Tigris river last January. 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