[Peace will be here soon]

"Did it even matter?"

Well, if they were going to charge him with murder I think it would matter quite a bit.

My guess is the guy was dead already. An autpopsy confirmed it, so there was no way to charge the Marine. Thank goodness.

But they are still trying : "And investigators are still conducting ballistics tests to determine how the other insurgents in the mosque were killed."

[Publius Scipio]

I don't believe that is the issue. The issue is the nature of the threat. Feigned surrenders are a common tactic. The Marine would have been briefed on that. He also would have been told that the mosque had been reoccupied. He had no idea what to expect.

From my own limited military experience, I'm going to kill anything that moves under those circumstances. If your chest is moving up and down...guess what? When it stops, the area is secure.