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To: JDN who wrote (660694)	11/16/2004 7:44:06 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The same Marine had been shot in the face the day before. I think it is safe to say he wasn't thinking very clearly. * * *

To: JDN who wrote (660694)	11/16/2004 7:49:08 AM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The latest controversy in the media is this tape that shows a United States Marine finishing off an "insurgent" on camera. Basically, the story goes like this. The Marines took over a mosque that was occupied the previous day by Islamic terrorists that had been shooting at them. Again, this was a place inhabited by people who were trying to kill them. Keep that in mind. Friday, the Marines were fired at by snipers and terrorists with rocket propelled grenades. They stormed the place, killing 10 insurgents. But Saturday, the place had been reoccupied, and the insurgents were at it again ... trying to kill marines. A Marine approached one of the seemingly dead insurgents, and noticed he appeared to be breathing. Figuring he was faking being dead, and that he might pose a security risk, the Marine raised his rife, pointed it at the man's head and administered the final desert sand nap. Speaking afterward, the Marine who did the deed says he didn't realize that the man may have been from among the injured the day before. All of this is being investigated, of course, to see whether it was a clean killing or not. But you have to ask yourself something: what would you have done? You're fighting a war, there are terrorists in a mosque shooting at you that want to end your life. These Islamic insurgents have, in the past, feigned death in order to lure American soldiers closer. They would then open fire, or they would detonate a bomb hidden in their clothes. It's judgment call, to be sure. I wasn't there, so I can't really judge if the Marine acted correctly. One thing for sure. This incident will garner more media reaction and public outrage than did the public beheadings of innocent citizens by Islamic terrorists. I wonder if this particular insurgent had killed any American or Iraqi soldiers before he was rendered incapable of doing so. boortz.com