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Will The Real Mark Kimmitt Please Stand Up?

by Open-Publishing - Thursday 2 December 2004
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Will The Real Mark Kimmitt Please Stand Up?
Nov 30, 2004
By Bruce Kennedy, JUS

Remember Brig. Gen. Mark T. Kimmitt? He was one of the top brass US generals who gave countless press conferences detailing the American “progress” in the war in Iraq. For those who don’t know his background, Kimmitt’s father, Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, is a former Col. in Army who morphed his military service into a Washington, DC, public relations, or lobbyist gig rather, called Kimmitt, Senter, Coates, & Weinferter. As son Mark promoted the war in Iraq, Dad was representing defense contractors such as Textron Defense Systems, Talley Defense Systems, and Boeing (makers of the Army’s Apache attack helicopter). The Kimmitt’s are a classic example of the revolving-door syndrome of US military officers and defense contractors - the basis of the "military-industrial complex", the self -cloning monster that feeds on war, death, and destruction.

Up until recently, Mark was the very visible and exuberant “Gung Ho Kimmitt” but we have not heard from for sometime. On the DOD website, a press release dated April 22, 2004 (around the time of Fallujah 1) states that he received a promotion.

“Brig. Gen. Mark T. Kimmitt, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, with duty as deputy director for operations, C-3/chief, military spokesman, Combined Joint Task Force-7, Iraq, to deputy director, plans and policy, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.” (that’s Florida, USA).

Oddly, he then pops up in press statements all through May inside Iraq. His last recorded briefing was released by the Pentagon Saturday, June 26, 2004 however it is unclear where he was physically located at that time. And then as if by magic, the PR man for the Iraq massacre disappeared.

That is, until now. Sources close to the resistance in Iraq tell us that Mark, along with other officers, was killed by Mujahideen in an ambush near Sammara. To further back up this claim, Cpl.A.Bock posted on Sunday November 21, 2004 at 12:01 AM to the Indymedia.org site the following:

I am sorry to tell you that Brig. Gen Mark Kimmitt was KIA just about two months ago in an ambush on the road to Baghdad airport. The info is still classified but I don’t care, I lost both of my legs in a IED.

(link:
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/...
)

Coming from one of their own makes for a very convincing claim. If Brig. Gen Kimmitt is alive and well in Iraq or anywhere else, he could easily dispute these claims by simply making an appearance. Will the real Mark Kimmitt please stand up? (JUS)

Omar Al-Faris also contributed to this report.

Original article:
http://www.jihadunspun.com/...

Forum posts

  • I don’t get it. The war in Iraq is still going on? I’m sorry if I’m new, but did you not see our president when he landed on the aircraft carrier and declared mission accompllished?

    Am I missing something here, because I haven’t seen anything on Iraq in the news, I thought the war was over? I know we’re still looking for bin laden, but I thought Saddam was his brother and by getting him, we pretty much defeated Al-qaeda and stopped him from nuking vermont.

    Didn’t we hand the country over to their new president Allawi, I mean he came here and gave a really moving speech on freedom that touched my soul.

    The war is over, my father is friends with the president and he told me so.

    I know the war on terror isn’t over, it’s going to last forever, in fact, have you seen the terrorists in Canada, calling our president a war criminal...If I were Bush, I would carpet bomb montreal just like we did baghdad. My dad said that’s no good, because we have to get rid of the terrorist here first. I should know, my father explained that the boogey man lives in my closet and never to open it. So have you made your christmas list to santa yet? I have, he’s bringing me a huge package of yellow ribbons made in china.

    • The war in Iraq is far from over! I think that you are thinking about Afghanistan, because THEY have a president, but I know that the war in Iraq is not over because my dad is deployed in iraq fighting the war! I think that you should understand that Iraq is far from free, and this is important.Also, Sadam is far from Bin-Laden’s brother. We thought that he had connections. PLEASE, if you need more info, just ask someone, go online, or even respond to this, because you are REALLY out of the loop! I am sorry if you are offended by that, but seriously, if your dad is friends with the President, then ask him! If you are getting your information from your dad, then he is either lying, or you are lying about his friendship with the President. REALLY! You need to find someone who can tell you the facts. The was isn’t over, and I hope you realize that. It is important that you do.

  • Fascists and religious extremest America stay in your "own" country. And leave the rest of civilized
    world (definition: nation which are not part of the so called Nazi coalition in Iraq) alone.
    Get out of U.N., NATO and any other treaty.
    Confine your traffic - air, ship, land - to North America/Britain may be Australia!

    The rest of the world is sickand tired of your phony ideas, Hollywood entertainment and your world
    biggest blue movie industry. Do crooks know how to make love? We doubt?

    Our moral and values differ immensely - we don’t murder civilians or run concentration camps
    like Guantanamo Bay.

  • Oh my goodness. You people are so full of gossip, gossip, gossip! The "REAL MARK KIMMITT" is alive and well, he is my uncle. I saw him about a day ago, and so far, he isn’t dead! This is totally out of line, and about my late Grandfather, Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, he was a wonderful man, and you forgot to acknowledge that he served as the Secretary of the Senate for a number of years. War, death, and destruction, yeah right, this is so far from true it is laughable. My family members are the most peaceful people I know, and though Mark is involved in the war doesn’t mean that he is violent. This article is both stupid and insulting, if you think that you are updated in the news, then you MUST check your sources! Also, the reason Mark has not been showing up is because he is sick. You didn’t acknowledge that he collapsed at a press conference, so maybe that will explain something. My uncle is dead, my family is violent, what’s next. Please note that if this stuff is true, the death and the violence, then I must also be the Queen of England! This is horrible, and I hope that you read this and understand how horrible it is. Thank you.