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."
If you sow to the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
If you sow to the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
Kerrry got a medal for the same. I guess NBC wants him to have the Silver Star.
If you sow to the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
so we are to believe the enemy ? Tough! He should have shot all the reporters. Now to send in all the lawyers to take the reporters' place and then they can suffer the consequences for attacking OUR troops.
I say we give Sikes a gun and let him lead the attacks from now on. Let's see if he asks questions first and shoots later.
If true, that was a spectacularly foolish move on the part of the marine that will no doubt end up in a court martial. What could he have been thinking?
Getting a little tired of these public MEDIA hanging's of our troops in a time of and heat of battle against a non military scumbag terrorist.
At least he didn't put panties on the guys head.
Yawn, chalk up another one for the good guys.
Good shot Marine!
I'd be more inclined to believe this if the British media hadn't made up a similar story just yesterday.
Well as a Vet myself, I would be normal opposed to this by any member of the military, but after what those assholes did to those four contractors, I say phuck em.
I'm ok with it.
"If true, that was a spectacularly foolish move on the part of the marine that will no doubt end up in a court martial. What could he have been thinking?"
Maybe he thought that John Kerry did something very similar, got a medal and eventually another and then a free pass home. If Kerry had the media up his rear the whole time in Vietnam, he wouldn't have pulled the stunts he did.
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