Marine Investigated for Killing Wounded Iraqi

[taylor492]

Sounds like a pretty sticky situation .

Its all over the news, and I dont mean to sound morbid or anything, but id be interested in seeing this video in its entirety(sp?)

[WingMan13]

War is hell. I'm glad it wasn't a dead Marine instead.

[Fred]

if you had been shot the day before, you'd be jumpy too when you saw a body you thought was "pretending to be dead" start moving as you walked past it.

That, and he didn't know how long those wounded had been in the mosque.

I saw the clip last night on the news.

Keep kickin butt boys!

---Fred

[BlackVCG]

Some people are saying "Bring our troops home!"

Instead, I'd like to say "Bring our media home!"

They'll just stir up more crap here, but it's better than them being over there.

[Steelrat]

Yeah, how many people is this "news story" going to get kidnapped and excecuted? Its time like this that I wish the media would practice some restraint.

I hope they dont scapegoat that marine. He had been shot the day before. They were clearing a building that they believed they had taken fire from. They had no idea the guys were prisoners. ANOTHER group of marines had just gone in there and shot the same guys. A fellow marine was killed a few blocks away by a booby-trapped Iraqi corpse. Bad stuff happens in war, Im sure the guy wouldnt have done it had he known the whole situation. But now everyone is going to demand "justice." I hope they stick up for our guys fighting over there.

[oldsoldier]

Honestly, its BS. The guy was faking dead. For what reason? So they would bypass him, and he'd shoot them in the back? Hello people, this is war, its not a nice thing. The marine did the right thing. The guy is no longer a threat. I cant believe the world wants to persecute this guy for doing his job...
Also, this is yet another reason reporters whouldnt be on the front lines. Now, every time a touchy situation comes up, a soldier is going to second guess himself. Way to go newspeople. We should start blaming our casualties on you now, for making our troops combat ineffective.

[HoppysMag]

i know where to get the video, pm if interested.

edit: and i agree its war. the vast majority of these "innocent" arnt innocent. and i wouldnt try the soldier for anything. i may make an investigation to find out if maybe this was a mercy killing or if the person had been shooting at the marines earlyer.

[FactsOfLife]

The terrorists have been using their own wounded as booby traps, setting them up with bombs to kill US Marines as they clear buildings.

I find it disgusting in the extreme that so called US news orginisations like MSNBC are more upset over this than they were over the Nick Berg beheading, and the other attacks on civilians over there.

[B.A.M.]

the media causes more trouble than they cause. damn demacrats. Just let the military handel there own situation. Besides isnt that one less insurgent with a gun like the german in Saving Pvt Ryan

[Ghetto]

Some people are saying "Bring our troops home!"

Instead, I'd like to say "Bring our media home!"

They'll just stir up more crap here, but it's better than them being over there.

I couldn't agree more. The imbedded reporters with an all access pass to everything the troops do is wrong IMO. Its war, people die in war(in this case one of the people we are there to eliminate). Like others have said before the guy was shot the day before, I'd be a bit trigger happy aswell. I hope they clear him of all charges and let him do his job.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Damn liberal media. We are in a war. People die in war. Do they not understand that civilians get killed all the time. They dont have a field day when 50 civilians die. Only when one injured Iraqi "rebel" gets killed. The marina thought he could be a threat, so he took care of it. Damn, I hate the media.

[TDonovan]

I don't see the problem here... Marines using their best judgement and doing their job.

[B.A.M.]

Besides doesnt the goverment pay them to kill

[bornl33t]

welp, he's dead now. One less guy we have to track down later....since these ppl aren't playing fair we have to be twice as cautious. The actions either way where justified.

[logamus]

that terrorist had it coming.