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[Jerald L. Parsoneault]

For those of you that say let the military investigate, I agree. In my view the investigation should take about 10 seconds:

1) Marine knows insurgents fake injuries as a tactic to kill fellow Marines.

2) Marine's partner hurridly shouts that the insurgent is faking.

3) Marine reacts immediately to end the threat.

End of investigation.

Nalt

[GiveMeFreedom]

My question is, 'How did Al Jazeera get the tape. And WHO gave it to them. Apparently, they are airing the Marines' faces & identifications.' Did Kevin Sites give it to them??? If so, I'm going to blast him and NBC with emails about the unethical way he handled this. Check this out from BlackFive:

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Marines rally around their comrade

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041116/2004-11-16T153656Z_01_L16269777_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-FALLUJA-INVESTIGATION-DC.html

U.S. Marines Rally Round Iraq Probe Comrade


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Nov 16, 10:36 AM (ET)

A series of television pool images shot by NBC shows a U.S. Marine shooting dead a wounded and...
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By Michael Georgy

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Falluja, saying he was probably under combat stress in unpredictable, hair-trigger circumstances.

Marines interviewed on Tuesday said they didn't see the shooting as a scandal, rather the act of a comrade who faced intense pressure during the effort to quell the insurgency in the city.

"I can see why he would do it. He was probably running around being shot at for days on end in Falluja. There should be an investigation but they should look into the circumstances," said Lance Corporal Christopher Hanson.

"I would have shot the insurgent too. Two shots to the head," said Sergeant Nicholas Graham, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."

The military command launched an investigation after video footage showed a U.S. Marine shooting a wounded and unarmed man in a mosque in the city on Saturday. The man was one of five wounded and left in the mosque after Marines fought their way through the area.

A pool report by NBC correspondent Kevin Sites said the mosque had been used by insurgents to attack U.S. forces, who stormed it, killing 10 militants and wounding the five. Sites said the wounded had been left for others to pick up.

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 close to death, Sites said.

He said a Marine noticed one prisoner was still breathing.

A Marine can be heard saying on the pool footage provided to Reuters Television: "He's f***ing faking he's dead."

"The Marine then raises his rifle and fires into the man's head," Sites said.

NBC said the Marine, who had reportedly been shot in the face himself the previous day, said immediately after the shooting: "Well, he's dead now."

THOROUGH PROBE PROMISED

The Marine commander in Falluja, Lieutenant General John Sattler, said his men followed the law of conflict and held themselves to a high standard of accountability.

"The facts of this case will be thoroughly pursued to make an informed decision and to protect the rights of all persons involved," he said.

Marines have repeatedly described the rebels they fought against in Falluja as ruthless fighters who didn't play by the rules. They say the investigation is politically motivated.

"It's all political. This Marine has been under attack for days. It has nothing to do with what he did," said Corporal Keith Hoy, 23.

Rights group Amnesty International said on Monday both sides in the Falluja fighting had broken the rules of war governing the protection of civilians and wounded combatants.

Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Garza, 30, favored an investigation but like other Marines said the Pentagon should weigh its decision carefully.

"He should have captured him. Maybe the insurgent had some valuable information. There may have been mitigating circumstances. Maybe his two buddies died in Falluja," he said.

Sites said: "I have witnessed the Marines behaving as a disciplined and professional force throughout this offensive. In this particular case, it certainly was a confusing situation to say the least."

The U.S. military has been embarrassed by scandals in Iraq, most prominently the Abu Ghraib affair in which at least eight U.S. soldiers have been tried or face courts-martial over the abuse of prisoners at the jail outside Baghdad.

There have also been several cases in which soldiers have been charged with wrongfully killing Iraqis during operations.
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[Sgt-Keeper]

Ok, boys & girls of the MSM, I will say it again.
I never said I would disarm and free the terrorists.
I never said I would spank them, disarm them, and then send them home.
I said from the begining, if you are a terrorist, we will hunt you down and kill you.
I sent in the Marines & the Big Red One. They were not sent in to wash cars, provide taxi service, or handle social problems other than what I told them to do, kill terrorists. What didn't they understand? Marines did what they were told to do. I don't see a problem here.
On Friday, these terrorists were shooting at the Marines from this Mosque. The Marines took the Mosque, putting a hurt on the terrorists. Sat. AM, a squad member of the shooting Marine was killed when he checked a booby-trapped terrorist's body. The shooting Marine controlled the immediate situation so that wouldn't happen again. I repeat, we will hunt them down and kill them. End of story.

Sincerely,
POTUS

I would love to see GWB respond similar to this. MSM couldn't say he was lying.
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[Nutso]

We need to stop the media from creating scandals for their stories, then trying the people in the press by reporting one sided, slanted and just plain fraudulent items. We need to get them out of the war zone and let the military fight this. I think the military should change the way reporters are imbedded. How about a new rule to the media, 'If you chose to go with you may, but you walk point'.

[Digger]

Yeah, we need to come down on this one HARD I think it would be a good idea to contact the commander of the unit involved and have him make sure that these damned snoops are sent elsewhere during combat operations. This Sites character sounds like really bad news. What is he doing in a combat theater anyway? He shouldn't even be there.
If I was over there right now I would find some way to bang the bastard and make it look like the monkeys did it.
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Sgt. Maj. Seamus D.D. MacNemi R.M.C. Ret.

[Digger]

I've seen some of the handiwork of these "people" first hand. I do not even consider them to be human. Shooting is too good for them. I'd like to see them roasting live over a slow fire.
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Sgt. Maj. Seamus D.D. MacNemi R.M.C. Ret.

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