US Marine Filmed Killing Unarmed Wounded Iraqi
An American TV crew, correspondent Kevin Sites of NBC television has filmed a US Marine shooting dead an unarmed Iraqi as he was lying on the floor of a Fallujah mosque.
A reporter at the scene said the marine shot ibn the head the Iraqi - apparently wounded - after saying he was “faking” death.
If the man had posed no threat to US troops, his death would be in breach of the US-led coalition’s rules of engagement, CNN commented.
The footage, part of a television pool report by NBC, was not aired entirely because of its graphic pictures of violence, though audio of fired shots were broadcast.
The Marine seen shooting the man was part of a squad from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which had been part of intense house-to-house fighting in southern Falluja.
The Marine in the videotape has been removed from his unit and taken to the headquarters of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
The US military has launched an investigating into a possible war crime.
[Via: Sabbah]
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