He said Marines consider all Iraqi men part of the insurgency.

[NNN0LHI]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MARINES_IRAQ_SHOOTING?SITE=ILKAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Marine: Beating of Iraqis Became Routine

<snip>Four Marines and the corpsman, initially charged with murder in the April 2006 killing, have pleaded guilty to reduced charges and been given jail sentences ranging from 10 months to eight years. Thomas, 25, from St. Louis, pleaded guilty but withdrew his plea and is the first defendant to go to court-martial.

Lopezromo, who was not part of the squad on its late-night mission, said he saw nothing wrong with what Thomas did.

"I don't see it as an execution, sir," he told the judge. "I see it as killing the enemy."

He said Marines consider all Iraqi men part of the insurgency.

[rug]

1. I wonder why Iraqis consider all marines targets.

[babylonsister]

4. Not ALL Iraqis do. nt

[rug]

6. It was rhetorical.

[tanyev]

2. What happened to going in there to "liberate" an "oppressed people"?

I guess that's pre-2003 thinking.

[acmavm]

3. Well, just another 'support the troops' kind of moment.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Then the marines are engaged in an act of genocide. nt