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."
your nuts. He moving in a way were the marines could tell he was faking.
If so, then this should all blow over in a short time.
"A second group of Marines entered the mosque Saturday AFTER REPORTS IT HAD BEEN REOCCUPIED"
I am fed up with our military having to battle the efn media from our own country on top of fighting the psycho-terrorists.
Enough!
amen
Funny story. One time on a raid my team was pulling outer cordon security for another team that was clearing a small compound, looking for certain people. As we secured the courtyard, and the other team stacked on the front door, a side door opened up about 3 feet from me. An Iraqi looked out and, seeing what the commotion was, tried to back up and shut the door on me. With one hand I knocked the door back open while keeping the M4/M203 leveled at his chest with my other, and said 'Qif, qif' (Arabic for 'Halt').
He qifed. There was an akward pause. We looked at each other for several seconds, not moving an inch. In the excitement I forgot my next line.
Finally, I called over to my buddy and asked, 'Hey, what's the Arabic for 'Lie down' again?'
My buddy (who's a big guy carrying a SAW) ran up, and yelled, 'GET THE F@%K DOWN!'. The Iraqi lept for the ground without hesitation. Reading the expression on my face, my buddy explained, 'Translates into any language, dude.'
how do you about this 24 hours later.
It would be a hard sell for the military to say, 'He violated the ROE, and if anyone else does they'll be punished, but we'll let this Marine slide because his violation became a media event'.
It would be an easier (and more honest) sell to say, 'The ROE isn't based on common sense for the situation, and it puts troops in unnecessary danger, so we're changing it', but I doubt they'll sack up and do it.
We are the knights that say QIF!, QIF!
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