FALLUJAH, Iraq — The U.S. military is investigating the killing of a wounded and apparently unarmed Iraqi prisoner inside a mosque during combat operations here, the Defense Department told NBC News on Monday.Matt Y. argues that it's as bad as it'll get.
NBC’s Kevin Sites, who witnessed the incident Saturday while assigned to represent a pool of news organizations, reported Monday that the man was shot by a Marine who appeared to be unaware that the Iraqi was a wounded prisoner and did not pose a threat.
Bryan Whitman, a spokesman for the Defense Department, told NBC News that the military was investigating the incident observed by Sites. “We’re confident it will be a thorough investigation,” he said.
It would be disingenuous of me to argue that it's further alienated Sunni Arab opinion (either in Iraq or elsewhere) from the United States, since that would hardly be possible.Matt may be referencing something else here, and he's got the snark on, but the problem is that when shit like this hits Al-Jazeera, more until-now-peaceful Sunni Arabs might consider picking up guns.
(We're hosed in Iraq, you know. Watch this boulder pick up steam as it rolls downhill.)




