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Published On: Sep 03, 2007 12:44 PM
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Published On: Sep 03, 2007 12:44 PM
Fog of War...
This is a sad story and I hope some of the reporting is
wrong. I will wait for the investigation to conclude, but I wonder if there is
not more to the story:
WASHINGTON — The
Pentagon is investigating the fatal shooting of a wounded enemy fighter in Iraq
by a U.S. Marine that was captured on
videotape.
...
The following day, another set of Marines from the same unit engaged in a battle at the same mosque after observing movement inside. An embedded correspondent reported seeing fresh gunshot wounds on those injured the previous day.
During the second-day operation, one of the Marines came upon a wounded insurgent lying on the floor. On the tape, Marines wielding machine guns are seen going into the mosque and approaching a couple of Iraqi fighters lying on the floor. One of the Marines is heard repeatedly shouting, “He’s faking he’s dead!”
...
The Marine then apparently fired a single shot into the wounded man’s head — which was heard and caught on videotape but blacked out when the tape was aired. A voice can be heard saying, “He’s dead now."
Shooting an unarmed, wounded combatant is considered a violation of the rules of war.
Update: Here is the video. Interesting that the Marines shot one guy, but not the other. We shall see after the investigation.
...
The following day, another set of Marines from the same unit engaged in a battle at the same mosque after observing movement inside. An embedded correspondent reported seeing fresh gunshot wounds on those injured the previous day.
During the second-day operation, one of the Marines came upon a wounded insurgent lying on the floor. On the tape, Marines wielding machine guns are seen going into the mosque and approaching a couple of Iraqi fighters lying on the floor. One of the Marines is heard repeatedly shouting, “He’s faking he’s dead!”
...
The Marine then apparently fired a single shot into the wounded man’s head — which was heard and caught on videotape but blacked out when the tape was aired. A voice can be heard saying, “He’s dead now."
Shooting an unarmed, wounded combatant is considered a violation of the rules of war.
Update: Here is the video. Interesting that the Marines shot one guy, but not the other. We shall see after the investigation.
Posted: Monday - November 15, 2004 at 18:51