Marine Shoots Wounded Iraqi in the Head
A U.S. marine is under investigation for shooting a wounded Iraqi in the head. Crooks and Liars has the video. The incident happened in Fallujah and NBC's Kevin Sites who is embedded with the troops, witnessed the incident. You can listen to his report here.
The incident occurred as a Marine battalion was taking part in a U.S.-led counteroffensive intended to secure Fallujah so national elections can go ahead in January as scheduled....The Marine battalion stormed an unidentified mosque Saturday in southern Fallujah after taking casualties from heavy sniper fire and attacks with rocket-propelled grenades. Ten insurgents were killed and five others were wounded in the mosque and an adjacent building.
The marines left the five wounded Iraqis inside the mosque. Two more groups of marines came later. One group went inside and apparently shot four of the five wounded again. They came out of the mosque and the second group went in. Here's what Sites saw:
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