So according to LCpl Carlisle, this concrete house was being used as a fighting position. After being unable to blow open the front, they go in the back and find 4 people (a typical insurgent fighting formation). They found expended AK-47 shells on the roof, an unloaded AK47 in one room, two more AK’s in a rug room.
Ummmm, I’d say these guys were insurgents who had fired on US Marines. They were trying to play the “Beat the Marines using their ROE’s”. They lost.
Now if this alleged incident had happened a couple/few days later in the battle of Fallujah, the Marines would have been within (or close enough to) acceptable ROE criteria. So, how many Marines had to die/get wounded to loosen up the ROE’s? Would this group of Marines have ever been charged if this alleged incident had happened a few days later in the battle?
Would someone please post the website where we can make donations to their defense.