Which network showed it!?!? Last I heard, none would, since it was "too graphic"... If one of the networks has become hypocritical on this, provide details!
I saw it on FNC last night. They blacked out the actual shot but you could see the Marine approaching the alleged innocent man the video blacks but you can hear the shot from his M-16 then the video re-appears as the Marine is walking away and another Marine is checking to make sure the guy is realy dead.
I also heard that the Marine that fired the shot had been wounded in fighting the day before and had returned to the fight the day the incident happened.
IMHO...I don't see what the big deal is. The dead guy was the enemy...the bad guys have a tendency to fake being dead to draw a soldier in to kill them or they outright boobytrap the dead bodies. If shooting this terrorist saved even ONE soldiers life I say good for the Marine.