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."
Fox news has the video link
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Thanks. I have been wondering about that after the last several dozen posts here.
I have not seen the Mosque "atrocity" video yet.
The Marine should not have shot the dying terrorist in front of the camera, plain and simple.
If the enemy was the least bit civilized I would agree with you but ...
The MSM need a handle to discredit our rapid and overwhelming victory in Fallujah. It looks like they may be hanging their klieg lights on this one.
LEAVE NO WITNESSES!!!
More Kevin Sites:
http://www.tigerseye.ca/home/kevinsites_iraq2.htm#top
This poor little "prisoner" the day before was setting booby traps to kill Americans, and that very day was trying to shoot American Marines in the head.
In WWII, after Germany surrendered, any SS officer found anywhere in Germany was shot on sight. No trial. No POW status/ Just dead.
I view the savages in Fallujah the same way. These are the animals who beheaded elderly Western women and helpless civilians. These are the animals who target the innocent with car bombs. There is ZERO difference between the animals of Fallujah and the SS from Nazi Germany.
The military should just announce that we will take no take no prisoners, and that all insurgents will be shot on sight.
NO APOLOGIES. NO EXCUSES. KILL THEM ALL.
Absolutely as there were three Marines killed in Fallujah yesterday when they entered a boobytrapped house. These animals don't fight by any rules - they are savages - and the Marine did the right thing.
I believe a Silver Star is in order..
How so? Any future soldier or citizen captured by these people will be beheaded. How could it be any worse?
I'm hoping this is a smart Marine who will tell his interrogators he thought the terrorist was death in order to gain advantage.
That's exactly what my 1sg hubby said.....get rid of the reporters so the Marines can do their job.........DO YOU WANT THE TERRORIST DEAD, THEN LET THEM DO IT.
You could be right. This Marine being shot in the face the day before has feelings and I'm standing beside him. What was in his head I don't know. May God be with him and help him through this. I slept calmly last night because this Marine and alot of others Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Coasties We're taking care of business.
thanks for these links.
I didn't see a wounded soldier on that tape. Saw a greasy terrorist. You must have seen a different tape??
the Marine in question has been removed, hopefully after an investigation he will be returned to his unit. War sucks and questionable actions are to be expected but given what is known tactics of the terrorist I cannot place any blame on this Marine.
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