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ABC Online
Marines shoot insurgent who was 'playing dead'. 22/11/2004. ABC News Online
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Last Update: Monday, November 22, 2004. 9:11am (AEDT)
Marines shoot insurgent who was 'playing dead'
The US military says marines in Fallujah have shot and killed an insurgent who engaged them as he was faking being dead, a week after footage of a marine killing an apparently unarmed and wounded Iraqi caused a stir in the region.
"Marines from the 1st Marine Division shot and killed an insurgent who while faking dead opened fire on the marines who were conducting a security and clearing patrol through the streets," a military statement said.
The point-blank shooting on November 13 of a wounded Iraqi was caught on tape and beamed around the world.
It raised questions about the degree of military restraint and fanned Arab resentment.
The marine was withdrawn from combat and an investigation launched.
Military sources had said that the rules of engagement were looser during the operation launched in Fallujah, for fear that rebels would be disguised, fake death or wear suicide explosives belts.
The US military and Iraqi government troops are still carrying house-to-house searches in the rebel bastion but two weeks after it was launched, the largest post-Saddam military operation in Iraq is all but over.
According to US military figures, more than 1,200 insurgents have been killed in the intense fighting, as well as 51 US troops and eight Iraqi personnel.
- AFP
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Aquí pongo un enlace al weblog del periodista testigo de la actuación del soldado de EEUU.
http://www.kevinsites.net/
Hoy relata su versión de lo acontecido.
Un saludo.
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I'll put a link to the weblog of the journalist who witnessed of the actions of the American soldier.
http://www.kevinsites.net/
Today he reports on his version of the events.
Best wishes.
http://www.kevinsites.net/
Hoy relata su versión de lo acontecido.
Un saludo.
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translated by Art
I'll put a link to the weblog of the journalist who witnessed of the actions of the American soldier.
http://www.kevinsites.net/
Today he reports on his version of the events.
Best wishes.
