Posted on 11/14/2004 6:29:14 PM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry
A US marine has sparked world-wide revulsion after being seen shooting an injured and helpless Iraqi.
The sickening scene was broadcast by Channel 4 News after a fire-fight in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
The trigger-happy soldier had been asked to get nearer to the injured man.
But instead of trying to capture him, the marine is seen leaning over a wall and cold-bloodedly shooting him.
He then turns to his colleagues and says: "He's gone". Coalition chiefs were last night under pressure to investigate the incident
Yes, just sending him off to those 72 virgins in the sky.
It's not just British, it's the friggin DAILY MIRROR - they have some of the most deranged kind of leftists to be found this side of Chairman Mao. They are a far-left tabloid-style publication that specializes in any drivel that attacks the USA. They loved Peter Arnett, by the way, and offered him a column back in April '03 when he had so humiliated himself with his "the US offensive has stalled" propaganda. Nothing from the Daily Mirror could ever be trusted, though some Euro-twits may not realize that...
It's been known to happen that someone could be holding a grenade, they arrest him, the grenade goes off and kills 2 or 3 people. We don't know all of the facts, what we do know is that these people are terrorists.
It got Kerry the Silver Star.
Yes, let's have the terrorist kill our guy, then capture him, so that he stays in a prison we pay with our taxes. I'd rather use my tax dollars in a salary increase for the guy.
let the US media run with this - it will just marginalize them more.
Seems pretty simple to me: If you want to rescue someone, you send a medic. If you want him killed, you send a soldier or Marine. As someone used to post on Lucianne: ''The only good terrorist savage beast is a dead terrorist savage beast.'' And may God forgive me for thinking this way.
email the bastard that put the story out:
"This is not Viet Nam and you in the media do not have the power to influence events the way you think you do. You and the leftist MSM have been exposed as a fraud. Good riddance to you. Long live the truth and long live the Marine corp."
Semper Fi
Thanks for finding the video. Anybiody who has a problem with what our men did there is a complete terrorist loving a-hole.
The Mirror makes the Guardian look like NewsMax...
That said, I saw on the news some story about a Marine being indicted after slugging a terrorist prisoner biting him or some such. Proper protocol is a two-way street; if some terrorist in custody assaulted me, I'd put my foot up his ass without a second thought. Negative reinforcement works.
What would Joe Journalist do if a jihadi assaulted him? Stand there with a "please sir, may I have another" expression on his face? Puh-lease.
What's left out. Did the Iraqi have a gun still in his hand? Was he searching for a grenade to throw? Did we see the whole scene without a break? Who was filming? Why were they filming? For what purpose? Did our guy fire over the wall not being sure if the Iraqi was armed? Had the Iraqi been firing at our guys?
Joan
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As a combat infantryman I have more than a little resentment about the dual standards. If the Coup de Gras had been delivered from an F18 or a howitzer there would be no uproar.
THIS IS A BLOODY OUTRAGE!
I watched the video. There is nothing to even remotely suggest that there was anything even there. The marine appears to fire off a round somewhat aimlessly straight ahead, not down on ground. He wasn't even aiming. Perhaps just a parting shot or something. Watch the video. To me it seems like the words "he's gone" refers to the fact that the insurgent LEFT.
This newspaper is deliberately inciting violence. This can not be tolerated! Whoever is in charge of that newspaper deserves to have his nuts kicked in.
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