Marine's graphic interview describes killing of Iraqi prisoners

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-marine11-2008jul11,0,1253374.story

At a court hearing, he says he and a fellow sergeant were ordered to kill four unarmed prisoners during a sweep through Fallouja in 2004.

By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

July 11, 2008

CAMP PENDLETON -- In graphic taped interviews played at a preliminary hearing Thursday, two Marines told how they and a third Marine killed four unarmed prisoners in Iraq.

In one interview played at the hearing for Sgt. Ryan Weemer, Sgt. Jermaine Nelson told an agent from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that he and Weemer were ordered by their sergeant to kill the prisoners as the Marines swept through a Fallouja neighborhood on Nov. 9, 2004. snip

Nelson said that he watched in shock as Nazario shot a kneeling prisoner at point-blank range: "He hit the dude in the forehead, the dude went down and there was blood . . . all over boots."

Weemer then used his service pistol to shoot one of the prisoners, Nelson said. "He shot him and the dude was on the ground and rolling, and was shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting."

Nelson also said in the interview that he saw the faces of the dead prisoners in his dreams.

[mmonk]

1. Sounds terrible. I hope our service people won't have to

go through the same treatment when they are captured in the future since the US has decided to go with "culture of life" politicians.

[World Citizen]

2. how could they possibly suggest

that any american solder could do anything inhumane. Its just not possible. American solders are under such pressure. You just don't know what its like out there. They are just arabs anyway. Not even actually people, just animals.


Of course you know that people actually say and believe such things. In fact, they say it so much that many humans have become numb to it. How much humanity is sacrificed for the sake of "MY" tribe.