New details regarding this video have come to my attention, via a number of visitors, as well as a few people serving in Iraq alongside the young marine featured during the latter half of the film.
Now- I will stand by what I said about the first half of the video- we do see that this Iraqi Insurgent is plainly injured, crawling AWAY from the source of fire. and no threat to the marine who shoots him dead from a safe distance of approximately 50 feet.
I have gotten a few e-mails, containing heaps of excuses for such a kill, but none of them- not a one, stand up to common sense.
Likewise, the gutteral cheer from the surrounding marines is disturbing, to say the least. Yes- war is war- but war is not a sport. If these folks can cheer what is plainly a turkey-shoot of a wounded enemy combatant, there's something seriously wrong with the mental state of our armed forces.
Now- to move on to the latter part. I have been subsequently been given evidence that, number one- the marine being interviewd may not have been the soldier who shot the insurgent, and number two- his statements have been heavilly edited, and taken out of context.
HOWEVER-
I still believe the first part of the film is a valid picture of our occupation forces at work. Thus, the film will remain online.
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