Article: Pressures at Haditha all too vivid for Coffman.(News)(Column)

Article: Dailies' Haditha coverage admirable More even-handed than ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... State Treasurer Mike Coffman, who had served with Marines in the Haditha area in early 2006. As Coffman explained, such payments ... unit involved in the Haditha incident, Lt. Col ... reported the suspicions of Coffman that there had been a ...

Article: In Haditha Killings, Details Came Slowly; Official Version ...
The Washington Post;  June 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... not dwell on what happened Nov. 19. Mike Coffman, who was a Marine Reserve officer in Haditha at the time, recalled that another officer ... members] ever raised it as an issue," said Coffman, who attended the meeting. Rather, he said ...

Article: In Haditha, truth coming into view
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... not dwell on what happened Nov. 19. Mike Coffman, who was a Marine Reserve officer in Haditha at the time, recalled that another officer ... members) ever raised it as an issue," said Coffman, who attended the meeting. Rather, he said ...

Article: Blog prompts Coffman reply Secretary of state defends ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... with members of the Haditha City Council in January 2006. Coffman was there in his capacity ... the headline "Did Coffman Lie About Haditha?" The story stopped ... conversations with Marines in Haditha this was not true, Coffman wrote he contacted ...

Article: Coffman sees hope for Iraq.(News)(Column)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... himself in danger, Mike Coffman laughs out loud at himself ... going to do that," Mike Coffman said. He climbed into ... Humvees. Just over the Haditha Dam bridge where the ... in Ramadi, Fallujah, Haditha and elsewhere, a task ... achieved militarily, Mike Coffman said. "We could fight ...

Article: Marine relieved of his command remembers Haditha incident.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... command, remembers what happened near Haditha in northwestern Iraq on Nov. 19. That ... Not a soul from my company was in Haditha on Nov. 19." But that day, at about ... three Marine companies patrolling in the Haditha area _ one of them commanded by Kimber ...

Transcript: Haditha's Recent History of Violence
NPR Morning Edition;  June 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Morning Edition (NPR) 06-07-2006 Haditha's Recent History of Violence Host ... RENEE MONTAGNE, host: We turn now to Haditha, which, before the alleged massacre ... of the first things we learned is that Haditha used to be better known for music ...