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NBC Says Marine Shot Dead Wounded Iraqi Prisoner
Rooters via Yahho!News ^ | November 15, 2004

Posted on 11/15/2004 3:56:58 PM PST by Kaslin

LONDON (Reuters) - A television pool report by U.S. network NBC said on Monday that a U.S. Marine had shot dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi prisoner in a mosque in Falluja.

The Iraqi was one of five wounded prisoners left in the mosque after Marines had fought their way in on Friday and Saturday. There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon (news - web sites) on the report.

U.S. forces launched an offensive one week ago on Falluja, and have gained overall control of the formerly rebel-held city, although scattered resistance remains.

The pool report by NBC correspondent Kevin Sites said the mosque had been used by insurgents to attack U.S. forces, who stormed it and an adjacent building, killing 10 militants and wounding the five.

Sites said the wounded had been left in the mosque for others to pick up and move to the rear for treatment. No reason was given why that had not happened.

A second group of Marines entered the mosque on Saturday after reports it had been reoccupied. Footage from the embedded television crew showed the five still in the mosque, although several appeared to be already close to death, Sites said.

He said one Marine noticed one of the prisoners was still breathing.

A Marine can be heard saying on the pool footage provided to Reuters Television: "He's fucking faking he's dead. He faking he's fucking dead."

"The Marine then raises his rifle and fires into the man's head. The pictures are too graphic for us to broadcast," Sites said. No images of the shooting were shown in the footage provided to Reuters.

The report said the Marine, who had returned to duty after being shot in the face a day earlier, had been removed from the field and was being questioned by the U.S. military.

Sites said the shot prisoner "did not appear to be armed or threatening in any way."


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; fallujahmarine; hanoijohnny; ichabodcrane; iraq; kerryssilverstar; lurch; mediawillburninhell; traitorousmedia
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To: Kaslin

Let me get this straight. We're supposed to bring in our medics, patch him (terrorist) up, so he can regain his ability to rig explosives on the side of the road or continue to attack and mangle our forces? MSM is useless.


121 posted on 11/15/2004 4:17:40 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: rdcorso

But if the situation was that dangerous (the "dead" fellow could perform a murderous attack), why were the reporters permitted to come in?


122 posted on 11/15/2004 4:17:56 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Plutarch

"NBC would have had apolexy had Bush ever questioned Kerry recieving one of these for essentially the same thing."

You got THAT right! Kerry was an admitted war criminal, and no problem with that, or with shooting a KID in the BACK, as far as they are concerned. Yet -- this is the worst of horrors . . .

IOW they sure have a case of selective condemnation . . .







123 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:02 PM PST by AMDG&BVMH
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To: Oldexpat

Shotguns are excellent for close in work.
.45 Thompsons are good too but showing my age now,,,,,


124 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:21 PM PST by 76834
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To: rodguy911

Next time the marines come across a "possom player" they should just throw a few spitballs at them...that'll fix em.


125 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:24 PM PST by Neets
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To: Porterville

Well, maybe it is time to limit access of journalist.


Excellent idea! I am tired of our soldiers and Marines getting a lot of criticism. GET RID OF THE PRESS.


126 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:25 PM PST by Lovergirl (Proud member of the Pajama Brigade.)
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To: Kaslin

Didn't Kerry get a Silver Star for that?


127 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:28 PM PST by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: cajun-jack

If the marine had been killed by this terrorist, it would have been another statistic on the "Bush's fault" list of war dead.

The media sides against America. ALWAYS. Newsrooms harbor as many Rats as the Boston tunnel system.


128 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:29 PM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: NittanyLion
it probably wasn't smart to shoot him with a tape running.

I'm concerned that is what is putting our troops lives in danger. A few seconds of hesitating to see if a camera on, may get them killed.

129 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:39 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Williams

Lets see how the leftist commie pigs in the congress handle this this time lets see if they have learned their lessons watch out for the TED Kennedy effect.


130 posted on 11/15/2004 4:18:55 PM PST by jarcolaNY
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To: Kaslin
I saw the clip on Fox. It was not revenge.
The Marines were searching the building and found a pile of Iraqis that looked dead. One was still moving and the Marines thought he was faking it and shot him.

This is not a home environment. The enemy in Faluja has used tactics like that to shoot at Coalition soldiers or use grenades against them. I would rather the enemy is killed before he pitched a grenade or blew himself up taking American soldiers with him.
131 posted on 11/15/2004 4:19:00 PM PST by dinok
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To: vishnu6
"NBC continues to be one of our Nation's enemies."

The bleeding heart liberals will be the death of this nation. These insane communist media rats want our guys to fight the sadistic terrorists by the 'rules', meanwhile we march along and find the dismembered, disembowled body of a Western woman, and decapitated bodies of our kidnapped civilians. I am truly, truly getting sick of the media subversives who hate America so much they take sides with terrorists over our own guys.

132 posted on 11/15/2004 4:19:11 PM PST by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" - Pope Urban II, 1097 A.D.)
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To: PISANO

Waitaminnit, you saying this possum had planted an ied in himself?


133 posted on 11/15/2004 4:19:18 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: weegee

Insanity defense???????????!!!!!!!!!!! May this man receive the death penalty for what he did to his fellow soldiers! He is worst than scum!


134 posted on 11/15/2004 4:19:46 PM PST by AReaganGirl (In whom do we trust? Should we trust man to watch over us? No! Let us trust the Lord!)
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To: Kaslin
I don't second-guess guys in a war zone.

The marine did what he thought was necessary. I thank him for doing his job.

135 posted on 11/15/2004 4:20:13 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: afnamvet

I almst hope they keep it up so thy just lose more power


136 posted on 11/15/2004 4:20:22 PM PST by jarcolaNY
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To: weegee
You got it!

It makes me puke to see the MSM call these sub-human devils "insurgents"!

137 posted on 11/15/2004 4:20:33 PM PST by Walkin Man
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To: oh8eleven

In retrospect, "what could he have been thinking" was the wrong phrase to use. I understand what he was thinking, and his action is certainly understandable given the climate. As I stated in later posts, this points to the problem of having cameras on the front lines. Things can easily be taken out of context - or blown out of proportion. If he did anything wrong the military will deal with it, and I feel no sympathy for the terrorist who was killed.


138 posted on 11/15/2004 4:20:43 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: adam_az
At least he didn't put panties on the guys head.

Guffawing here!
139 posted on 11/15/2004 4:21:11 PM PST by demkicker (I'm Ra th er sick of Dan)
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To: CindyDawg
A few seconds of hesitating to see if a camera on, may get them killed.

That's certainly true.

140 posted on 11/15/2004 4:21:40 PM PST by NittanyLion
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