AP - Sailor 'shocked' by killing of Iraqi

[tex-wyo-dem]

Sailor 'shocked' by killing of Iraqi

By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent
Sat Oct 7, 4:32 AM ET

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Saying he was unable to stop the bloodshed, a Navy corpsman testified that Marines in his patrol seized an Iraqi civilian from his home, threw him into a hole and shot him at least 10 times after growing frustrated in their search for an insurgent.

Slight and soft-spoken, Petty Officer 3rd Class Melson J. Bacos said Friday he saw a Marine put fingerprints from the victim onto a rifle and a shovel to implicate him as an insurgent.

"I was shocked and I felt sick to my stomach," Bacos said.

Bacos, a medic who had been on patrol with the squad, was charged along with seven Marines in the slaying of Hashim Ibrahim Awad last spring in the town of Hamdania.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Heroic. Worthy of yellow ribbon support.

[bonito]

2. Corruption from the top down. n/t

[Moderator]

3. duplicate topic

sailor has already been sentenced

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2549941