Posted on 11/19/2004 11:52:48 AM PST by conservativecorner
Only a few have seen the footage shot the day before -- providing irrefutable evidence that the mosque was a well-defended arms depot. And fewer still have viewed the very next sequence after "the shooting," which shows two Marines pointing their weapons at another combatant lying motionless. Suddenly, one of the Marines jumps back as the terrorist stretches out his hand, motioning that he is alive. Neither Marine opens fire. According to the Marines, a Navy medical corpsman was then summoned to treat the two wounded prisoners. In his original written report, Sites, the correspondent who videotaped the shooting, doesn't mention the medical treatment provided to the injured enemy combatants, but he does note that four of the combatants were some of those who had been left behind from the firefight on Friday. If the NBC reporter knew that from being there the day before, why didn't he tell this new group of Marines before they rushed into the room?
None of that is included in the tape, which is now being used to raise Islamic ire at the "American invader." Why? And why did it take more than a day to learn that the Marine seen shooting on the videotape had been wounded in the face the day before if the correspondent knew that when he filed the videotape? Why didn't the original story include the fact that a Marine in the same unit had been killed 24 hours earlier while searching the booby-trapped dead body of a terrorist?
Within hours of the videotaped incident in the mosque, another Marine was killed and five others wounded by a booby-trapped body they found in a house after a gunfight. Why was this not made part of the original story? Even Amnesty International, no friend to the American armed forces, has reported that the Iraqi terrorists have illegally used white flags to lure coalition forces into ambushes. Yet this, too, is absent in the original story.
Though the Arab media doesn't mention it, the incident is being fully investigated -- even as combat operations continue. If a court martial is convened, the young Marine in the videotape will have a chance to defend his actions. Meanwhile, Arab broadcasts outside Iraq that won't even mention the murder of relief worker Margaret Hassan will replay the "shooting video" for weeks to come as an incitement to join the Jihad.
In the rush to air sensational footage, the "pool" system failed us all. Worse yet, it failed the young soldiers and Marines and their brave Iraqi allies who are fighting to liberate Fallujah from the terrorists' bloody grip. Even though the "shooting video" lacked context and failed to tell the full story -- it became the big story. If it becomes the story of Fallujah, that would be a crime.
Do you know where can we view the entire uncut video?
As soon as I do, I will post it to this thread.
bttt
In his original written report, Sites, the correspondent who videotaped the shooting, doesn't mention the medical treatment provided to the injured enemy combatants, but he does note that four of the combatants were some of those who had been left behind from the firefight on Friday. If the NBC reporter knew that from being there the day before, why didn't he tell this new group of Marines before they rushed into the room?
Does anyone know if Sites is still there?
I realize that these are rhetorical questions, but I will answer them. All of them can be answered with one explanation. The MSM is anti-American. It will take every opportunity to trash America and blame America. What better way to denigrate American than by attacking the military. For MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, the Marine is the terrorist. This is the guiding presupposition of the liberal media. Of course the Marine shot an innocent Iraqi freedom fighter, that's what terrorist do.
bttt
There are no neutral personnel in this battle against the crazes. You are either with us or against us. Sites should view the Berg beheading once again if he needs to be convinced of that.
It could be he is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome from an earlier capture by the crazies which he managed to escape from with the help of a 'friendly.' This war zone is no placed for anyone with mixed emotions.
There was a link off the reuters site, that had the complete video. I saw it yesterday, but I'm sorry I dont have the link anymore.
I said yesterday that this was a set up.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281882/posts?page=31#31
An anti war activist working as an embedded journalist?
Hmm... lets see, anti-war protester, kidnapped in Iraq and then let go and NOW get's this type of footage?
It stinks and i hope that the US Marines he's near get to hear about this.
Contact the defense department - I have.
"He's playing f***'in dead! He's playing f***'in dead!"
Screw the MSM!!! Boycott them.
OK. I only scanned it having read North's story earlier. Sorry.
I saw an earlier portion of the same video with our Marines going up to the building. They can hear noises from around the corner. "Are you Marines? what are you doing here? the tank almost killed you."
The marines already there say - "We were the ones leading the tank".
New Marines: "Anyone in there."
"Yeah, some wounded Iraquis, from yesterday"
From Yesterday?
Yeah
The troops move inside the building and then the sooting happens. The camera is trained on two Iraquis slumped against a wall. It looks to me like the older guy on the right begins to move. Then you hear a shot or two and the camera pans over to a Marine pointing is rifle towards the floor. I'm not sure I see what he is aiming at. I've heard other reports say the camera isn't pointing at the Marine that shot the guy.
I've only seen the video a couple of times awhile ago.
Obviously lots of confusion. (Imagine that!)
This Marine better not be found guilty of anything. I can't imagine going through the kind of hell they go through - and then be brought up on charges because you're trying to save your life and your buddies' lives. God bless our troops.
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