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Nov. 16th, 2004 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingUS Marine shoots unarmed, helpless, and wounded Iraqi prisoner, on live TV.
The Iraqi was one of five wounded prisoners left in a mosque after Marines had fought their way in on Friday and Saturday. The pool report by NBC correspondent Kevin Sites said the mosque had been used by insurgents to attack U.S. forces, who stormed it and an adjacent building, killing 10 militants and wounding the five.
A second group of Marines entered the mosque on Saturday after reports it had been reoccupied. Footage from the embedded television crew showed the five still in the mosque, although several appeared to be already close to death, Sites said.
He said one Marine noticed one of the prisoners was still breathing.
"The Marine then raises his rifle and fires into the man's head. The pictures are too graphic for us to broadcast," Sites said. Sites said the shot prisoner "did not appear to be armed or threatening in any way."
The Iraqi was one of five wounded prisoners left in a mosque after Marines had fought their way in on Friday and Saturday. The pool report by NBC correspondent Kevin Sites said the mosque had been used by insurgents to attack U.S. forces, who stormed it and an adjacent building, killing 10 militants and wounding the five.
A second group of Marines entered the mosque on Saturday after reports it had been reoccupied. Footage from the embedded television crew showed the five still in the mosque, although several appeared to be already close to death, Sites said.
He said one Marine noticed one of the prisoners was still breathing.
"The Marine then raises his rifle and fires into the man's head. The pictures are too graphic for us to broadcast," Sites said. Sites said the shot prisoner "did not appear to be armed or threatening in any way."