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To: Sully- who wrote (9014)	5/4/2005 10:58:07 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Marine Corps Does the Right Thing Little Green Footballs The Marine Corps has announced, as anyone of sound mind knew they should and would, that the Marine videotaped doing his job by Kevin Sites will not be court-martialed. The Al-Associated Press is careful to mention in their headline that the shooting took place in a mosque: In a war zone. <<< No Court-Martial in Iraq Mosque Shooting. SAN DIEGO - A Marine corporal who was videotaped shooting an apparently injured and unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque last year will not face court-martial, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commanding general of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, said that a review of the evidence showed the Marine’s actions in the shooting were “consistent with the established rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict.” The corporal was not identified in a two-page statement issued by Camp Pendleton, the headquarters of the expeditionary force north of San Diego. The Nov. 13 incident was videotaped by Kevin Sites, a freelance journalist on assignment for NBC. The shooting occurred when a Marine unit entered the mosque and found five men wounded in fighting at the site the day before, when another Marine unit clashed with gunmen apparently using the mosque to fire from, according to Sites’ broadcast. >>> littlegreenfootballs.com littlegreenfootballs.com news.yahoo.com

To: Sully- who wrote (9014)	5/5/2005 1:15:10 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Marine Cleared Power Line The Marine who was filmed while shooting a wounded Iraqi terrorist in a Fallujah mosque has been cleared by the Corps' investigation, and will not be court-martialed. The investigation found that the Marine acted in what he reasonably believed to be defense of himself and his fellow Marines, and consistently with the applicable rules of engagement, which allowed American forces to fire first if they perceived hostile intent. The investigators also found support for the Marine's defense in the video of the shooting: <<< According to the Marine Corps, an enhanced videotape of the shooting supports the corporal's claim that the wounded Iraqi was concealing his left arm behind his head. Although the Marines said it was unclear from the video whether the Iraqi made any overtly threatening gestures, enemy forces commonly feigned death. >>> powerlineblog.com startribune.com