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If Kevin Sites is so concerned if the Marine shot an (a) dead terrorist (b) wounded terrorist (c) dead terrorist rigged with an IED or (d) feigning death and reaching for the hand grenade, he can put down his camera and check it out for himself. You're a marine. He's a terrorist who's vowed to fight you to the death, he is not a prisoner, he is not surrenduring, and your buddy got blown up 10mins ago from a rigged corpse. If that terrorist so much as has a knee-jerk reflex, THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC AND IMMEDIATE DEATH SENTENCE, with...

Kevin Sites, NBC Reporter Who Photographed Marine Shooting, An Active War Correspondent POSTED: 10:39 am EST November 17, 2004 NEW YORK -- Video of a U.S. Marine shooting a wounded man in Fallujah was captured by an Internet Age journalist who often reports and photographs war stories, then posts his impressions on his own weblog. Kevin Sites, a freelancer who works part time for NBC News, was being kept under wraps by the network Tuesday as the investigation into the shooting continued. The youthful, long-haired Sites has worked for NBC, CNN and ABC News and has covered war zones in...

It is the Rodney King incident, Iraqi style. A piece of war taken totally out of context, for ratings and to make a reporter's career. Kevin Sites, the embedded NBC reporter in Falluja has tried to pull a "Michael Moore," using an "innocent (sic)" insurgent terrorist lying dead on the floor or playing possum with the marines. One day before, an enemy body lay in a similar position with a hidden booby trap, wounding several Americans. Another group of soldiers had previously been seriously injured by an Islamic combatant, who seemingly arose from the dead with his AK-47 blazing. This...

To: U.S. Congress Friday November 12 2004 U.S.Marines were fired upon by snipers and insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades from a mosque and an adjacent building. The Marines returned fire with tank shells and machine guns. They eventually stormed the mosque, killing 10 insurgents and wounding five others, and showing a cache of rifles and grenades for journalists. The Marines told the pool reporter that the wounded insurgents would be left behind for others to pick up and move to the rear for treatment. But Saturday, another squad of Marines found that the mosque had been reoccupied by insurgents and...

We're gonna see more on this issue in the near future. Most folks who've served in combat are taking a much more objective view of how things are changing w/re to the Law of Land Warfare than those who have not. The shots fired at the "unarmed" terrorist in that mosque in Fallujah are called "security rounds." Its a safety issue pure and simple. After assaulting through a target, put a security round in everybody's head. Sorry al-Reuters, there's no paddy wagon rolling around Fallujah picking up "prisoners" and offering them a hot cup a joe, falafel, and a blanket....

BAGHDAD: In scenes that could prove to be as damaging to the US military effort in Iraq as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, a marine has been filmed shooting dead a wounded and apparently unarmed Iraqi prisoner in a mosque in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The footage from NBC cameraman Kevin Sites, who was embedded as a pool correspondent, shows men from the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment entering the mosque on Saturday and shouting a series of warnings at five wounded rebels left behind when the building was raided by US forces the previous day....

War and the media: That is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo." Millions of Americans have reacted to this video taken in Fallujah (search) where a young Marine shot a wounded insurgent inside a mosque. That Marine is now under investigation. But he is innocent, and that will be proven. Let's take it step by step. Last night, I had to make a decision whether to show you that video or not. I chose to do it and then provide context. In that way, you could decide about the controversy. You may remember I did not show the...

The media is now attempting to crucify the Marines by constantly showing the picture of a marine shooting a wounded insurgent in a mosque the insurgents were using as refuge while shooting our guys:another Media feeding frenzy! The Pentagon is concerned about how that will play with the arab nations and probably the the girlie members of congress. Give me a break! The media is reluctant to show pictures of the animals we're dealing with! The beheading of hostages, the dragging of bodies thru the street, the hanging of burned bodies from a bridge, and more recently the ececution of...

The Marine was right. He was, after all, in a war. I’m talking about that deal Saturday in Fallujah. What you’ve heard is that a United States Marine shot a wounded, unarmed enemy in the head and killed him. Some NBC guy caught the whole thing on videotape. And people have been screaming since. They’ve said that the Marine was a butcher, that he violated the Geneva Conventions, that he needs to be court-martialed, that this is an example of the evil America is doing in Iraq. There has been all sorts of crap like that. And that’s what it...

Once again, the United States is thrown into a tumolt over an event during wartime. You know what I am talking about, the now infamous video of a US Marine putting a slug through the head of an Iraqi prisoner. The press release from Amnesty International is entitled, "Iraq: Urgent action needed to prevent war crimes" Talk about jumping the gun. The investigation has barely started and they are talking about urgent action. Guess what Amnesty International, war itself is a human rights violation. If anyone out there can give me one example of a war where both sides played...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marine being investigated for allegedly killing an unarmed, wounded Iraqi was acting under extreme combat stress, comrades said yesterday. It was also disclosed that the Marine had just returned to duty after being shot in the face the previous day. [snip] Marines interviewed yesterday said the shooting wasn't a scandal, but evidence of how soldiers react under extreme circumstances. "I can see why he would do it," said Lance Cpl. Christopher Hanson. "He was probably running around being shot at for days on end in Fallujah. There should be an investigation, but they should look...

US marines yesterday rallied around their colleague who is being investigated for shooting an unarmed, wounded insurgent in a Falluja mosque, as a senior UN human rights official called for an inquiry into alleged abuses in the city. The US military promised an investigation into the shooting amid allegations that marines shot three other wounded insurgents execution-style. A marine was televised killing the man after noticing that he was still breathing. In footage filmed by an embedded television reporter for NBC, one soldier was caught on camera saying: "He's fucking faking he's dead." "The marine then raises his rifle and...

<p>Every day, we are grateful to you and your comrades in arms for what you are doing for our country, and every day we pray for your safe return.</p> <p>We know what is going on in Fallujah. Animals are murdering human rights workers, beheading innocent civilians, and killing their own people. We know how these animals fight without wearing uniforms and how they booby trap bodies.</p>

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The fatal shooting of a wounded and apparently unarmed man in a Fallujah mosque by a U.S. Marine angered Sunni Muslims in Iraq (news - web sites) on Tuesday and raised questions about the protection of insurgents once they are out of action. International legal experts said the Marine may have acted in self-defense because of a danger that a wounded combatant might try to blow up a hidden weapon; a key issue was whether the injured man was a prisoner at the time. The shooting happened Saturday, one day after the Marine, who has not been...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military said Tuesday it is investigating the videotaped fatal shooting of a wounded man by a U.S. Marine in a mosque in Fallujah. Iraqis condemned the act as "cowardice" and "something forbidden in Islam." Investigators will determine whether the Marine acted in self-defense against what a spokesman described as an "enemy combatant." The dramatic footage was taken Saturday by pool correspondent Kevin Sites of NBC television, whose report said the man who was killed didn't appear to be armed or threatening in any way, with no weapons visible in the mosque. The slain man...

CAIRO – The killing of a wounded and apparently unarmed Iraqi by a US marine, videotaped by an embedded reporter from NBC on Saturday and broadcast around the world, is stirring anger in the Middle East and elsewhere. That anger, reminiscent of the outcry that followed the release of torture photos from Abu Ghraib prison, is the latest upsurge in a propaganda war that the US has been embroiled in from the get-go in Iraq. US officials say an investigation has begun. The act itself, perhaps a result of the fog of war, perhaps an act of revenge, represents a...

Kevin Sites is a freelance solo journalist currently on assignment for NBC News in Iraq, but this site is a personal website not affiliated with or funded by NBC News.

Thanks be for Al-Jazeerah, who leads us from the darkness of our hypocrisy and into the light of Holy Journalism! Yea, verily, without them NBC, ABC, and CBS would have no ethical equal... Al-Jazeera - and their minions, the American News Networks - will not air the slaughter and dismemberment of their Holy Insurgency's female hostage. They will not show the hours and hours of footage of torture and beheadings left behind by their Holy Rebels. They will not interview the emaciated surviving hostages, left beaten and in chains. That blood is offered freely, by their own agents, and so...

A copy of the video showing a US soldier shooting an injured Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque has been posted by jihadis on the Ansar message board. In the video you can see the soldier yelling "He's [expletive] faking it, he's [expletive] faking it", then he shoots the soldier. It is important to keep in perspective that there have been other incidents in Fallujah in recent days where terrorists have faked injuries and then attacked coalition soldiers. http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/Video%202.rm

The marine who is being described by the main stream media, as a war criminal, is a hero. The liberal mainstream media has, once again, led the way in attempting to tarnish our military. The embedded reporter, Kevin Sites, who filmed the brave marine doing his job, should be ashamed of himself. After the Abu Ghrahib incident, the NY Times ran that story into the ground, making it frontpage news for 43 consecutive days. Now, NBC is leading the liberal press in a full press attack on our troops at war. The fact of the matter is, the terrorists we...