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US MARINE EXECUTES SHOT MAN
The Sunday Mirror (UK) ^
| Nov 14 2004
| Paul Gilfeather, Political Editor
Posted on 11/14/2004 6:29:14 PM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry
A US marine has sparked world-wide revulsion after being seen shooting an injured and helpless Iraqi.
The sickening scene was broadcast by Channel 4 News after a fire-fight in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
The trigger-happy soldier had been asked to get nearer to the injured man.
But instead of trying to capture him, the marine is seen leaning over a wall and cold-bloodedly shooting him.
He then turns to his colleagues and says: "He's gone". Coalition chiefs were last night under pressure to investigate the incident
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombsondead; bombsoninjured; boobytrappeddead; boobytrappedinjured; europoofterreporter; fallujah; fallujahmarine; iraq; misleadingpress; warishell
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William Tecumseh Sherman" "The Waging of War is Hell!"
Who are we to judge this soldier in the middle of a brutal battle. What did the camera NOT show us?
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I'll withhold judgement, I do know that these guys have "pretend surrendered" then whipped out a weapon on many occasions.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:30:53 PM PST
by
RobFromGa
(End the Filibuster for Judicial appointments in January 05)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Yes, how many of this guys buddies did this guy kill or hurt. War is breaking things and killing people. MSM needs to get over it.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:30:59 PM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I'll say it again.
The press have NO business on the battlefield.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:31:02 PM PST
by
clee1
(Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Well at least they didn't force the guy to wear panties on his head or anything like that.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:31:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
The terrorist shooting at him probably...
Keep in mind that when Kerry was accused of the same, there was no revulsion.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:31:30 PM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I hope they give the guy a medal.
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:31:46 PM PST
by
Shellback Chuck
(Hey John, whose your daddy?)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Just think of it as euthanasia you wankers.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:31:48 PM PST
by
Ben Chad
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Isn't this situation identical to what JFKerry did to the kid in Vietnam?
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I doubt the "Iraqi" was helpless before he ended up shot on the ground.
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
People, this is from the Mirror!!!!!
Enough said
Go Marines
Semper Fi
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:32:15 PM PST
by
bubman
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
"Go get near that terrorist. He's been shot, so he's surely harmless."
Yeah right. No wonder the British hide up our skirts.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:32:27 PM PST
by
PianoMan
(Top priority for the new government - STOP SPECTER)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:32:28 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Not really concerned about people that would cut our heads off if they had the opportunity.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:32:43 PM PST
by
weshess
(I will stop hunting when the animals agree to quit jumping in front of my gun to commit suicide)
To: coconutt2000
I'm not gonna take this for truth until I get something from US press, if that. I don't trust ANYTHING from the UK media these days...
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:32:47 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
HEY, HAS-BEEN MEDIA.....WAR SUCKS, but FREEDOM is WORTH IT!
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:01 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Tax cuts, Tax reform, social security reform, Supreme Court, etc.....the next 4 years.....)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I suppose we're supposed to fight this war with Nerf Bats and and water balloons?
20
posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:04 PM PST
by
skikvt
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
War is hell
We will not second guess our warriors
If they as much as blink wrong, Kill them all!
Those that protest, Fuc$ you!
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:17 PM PST
by
DAC22
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Marine shoots terrorist....
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:19 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
("The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it." Horatio Seymour)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Paul Gilfeather, Political Editor, Hopeless Terrorist Syncophant. Paybacks are a bitch, you sniveling EUropeon
To: All
That's one who won't live to fight another day. I hope he enjoys his 72 virgins.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:33 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:34 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(If whiskey was his mistress, his true love was the West . . .)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
What is the incidence of 'feigned injury' among Iraqis?
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:38 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Okay, so today I *am* cranky.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I don't know how this reporter can conclude that the injured man was "helpless." Most anyone can make injuries look worse than they really are -- it's a common ruse in the Middle East. I'm glad our guys aren't taking any chances.
To: madison10
Right for all we know this person:
1. Was booby trapped and trying to take out US troops with his death.
2. Was reaching for a grenade.
3. Was signalling comrades.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:44 PM PST
by
JLS
(tHA)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Leaning over a wall? So was the insurgent still capable of resisting or not. Perhaps he was armed.
Anyway, I have finally made up my mind that the negatives of having reporters there outweigh the positives. Many of these reporters sympathise with the enemy anyway, so why take them along?
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:33:58 PM PST
by
Trippin
To: RobFromGa
Remember Guadalcanal....I was amazed, in USMC Boot Camp, at the amount of classroom history stuff we got pounded into our shaved heads.....and the lesson of Guadalcanal was one of 'em. Semper Fi.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:34:04 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Coulter, Malkin, Ingraham....the ultimate Menage a Quatro)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
shoot first apologize later. Fuc#2en Mirror. He should have shot the journalist
LOL
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:34:08 PM PST
by
bubman
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Isn't this a war? Why isn't he supposed to kill the enemy? What a world we live in. This ain't Rodney King.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:34:15 PM PST
by
ladyinred
(Congratulations President Bush! Four more years!)
To: SouthernFreebird
...???? I don't know how I posted here twice?
To: SouthernFreebird
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:34:35 PM PST
by
Gibtx
(Pajamahadien call to arms.....)
To: clee1
What about Ernie Pyle? The troops loved him and he told it straight. A friend of mine had an embed in Afghanistan from the - shudder - LA Times, but the guy was straight, humped his own ruck through that God forsaken terrain and impressed the hell out of some very seasoned operators.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:34:35 PM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Plain, simple soldier. Nothing more, nothing less.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
one less TERRORIST, bud. How much are these guys supposed to put up with? Give our man a medal of honor - he's been through too much already. That TERRORIST gave up his right to live the moment he picked up arms against our men & women. I wonder who will speak out against what they did to that blonde lady they found today?
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:06 PM PST
by
Smarti Pants
(Glad to see the Texas Spirit in this place!)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:11 PM PST
by
bikepacker67
("This is the best election night in history." -- DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe 11/2/04 8pm)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
How many times have we seen helo gunships "wounding" and then with another burst - killing -
This is BS - uh are we at war of what?
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:16 PM PST
by
Bobibutu
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Maybe he was supposed to hit him with a "spitball".
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:24 PM PST
by
Shellback Chuck
(Hey John, whose your daddy?)
To: Conan the Librarian
world-wide revulsion Oooh, jump back, the world is revolted! Sheesh.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:32 PM PST
by
ladyinred
(Congratulations President Bush! Four more years!)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Precisely. They didn't see what happened on the other side, only the Marine's shot. The yellow press is looking for something, anything to continue their campaign of bull$hit.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:34 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
One less b@stard who can come back from Gitmo and take hostages!
To: PianoMan
Yeah right. No wonder the British hide up our skirts. The British were the only ones that provided any major ground force in Iraq other than the US. I didn't see them hiding under our skirts.
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I will not condemn a trooper in the middle of battle....no one knows the circumstances....
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:35:53 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(This military family thanks America for re-electing our CinC)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
The MSM and Liberals/leftist should just think of it as a very, very late term abortion.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:36:01 PM PST
by
Leisler
(Is $20 for gas, for a lefty's Canada bound VW, too much to ask? Give all you can.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
The title should be, Marine shoots terrorist
To: SouthernFreebird
maybe you just hadda momentary stutter - from being so PISSED that they should even QUESTION our guys!
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:36:24 PM PST
by
Smarti Pants
(Glad to see the Texas Spirit in this place!)
To: bubman
Yeah, really. The Mirror is practically al-Jazerra's UK branch.
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posted on
11/14/2004 6:36:25 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
War is not pretty, it is not clean and it sure as hell doesn't need liberal monday morning quarterbacking!
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
What's the problem, it isn't as if he adorned the terrorist's head with a pair of women's bloomers?
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