Marines testify about slain Iraqis at hearing for officer accused of murde

[Judi Lynn]

Marines testify about slain Iraqis at hearing for officer accused of murder
By Aaron Beard, Associated Press, 4/26/2005 20:39

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) Fellow Marines testified Tuesday that an officer who is accused of murder shot two Iraqis in the back and put a sign near the bodies bearing a Marine slogan: ''No better friend, no worse enemy.''

The testimony came on the first day of a preliminary hearing for Second Lt. Ilario Pantano, 33. He has admitted shooting the two men during a search last April for a terrorist hideout. Pantano has said the shooting was in self-defense.

Lt. Samuel Cunningham testified that after seeing the sign, he told Pantano to remove it, then called to have the bodies taken away by Iraqi National Guardsmen because Pantano's unit was headed to another assignment.

''I was surprised,'' Cunningham said of the sign. ''I told him it was inappropriate. ... It's just unprofessional.'' Cunningham called it ''a death card.''
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/116/nation/Marines_testify_about_slain_Ir:.shtml

[acmavm]

1. Gee, I wonder if it was the 'death card' or shooting them in the back that

was 'inappropriate'??????

<sarcasm>

[blogbear]

2. 'Any excuse serves the tyrant'..

[dryan]

3. This case...

is the cover story in this week's "New York" Magazine.

[TolstoyAndy]

4. bc Michael Wiener

+ other talk radio idiots are flogging this to no end.

To me, it's simple. Shoot 'em in the back, you're a cowardly murderer.

The autopsy (ha ha ha) evidence should be key.
:rofl:
The very idea that real objective evidence will show up is laughable.
Unless this guy is another sacrificial lamb like Graner,
and unless there are pix, he's getting off free as a bird.

[Calico Jack Rackham]

5. There is also alot more to this story.

he emptied a 30 round magazine into these guys, reloaded and fired off 15 more rounds into them.

[daleo]

6. It sounds like the sort of thing a death squad would do in Central America

Negroponte's influence, no doubt.