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I have just witnessed a murder on my TV screen

by Open-Publishing - Sunday 14 November 2004
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Wars and conflicts International Television

by Matt Hamon

As I sit here and write this I have tears streaming down my face, I am shaking and my heart is pounding. I have just witnessed a murder on my TV screen.

While watching Lateline on Australian ABC television there was a report from Fallujah. In the story they showed a marine saying, “I’ve just injured one, he’s between the two buildings”. At that moment another marine walks over to the gap between the two houses, he then climbs on a forty four gallon drum aims his gun at the injured Iraqi and fires one shot.

The marine then climbs back down saying, “He’s done”.

Evidence of a war crime right there on my screen, evidence that America takes no prisoners, evidence of a horrendous act condoned by my country.

How did we become as bad as this, when did the coalition forces become terrorist themselves.

I am choking, gagging, I want to vomit. I have just witnessed murder by my own people.

Will this become the norm, will we in the west idly watch as our government send our young men and women to perpetrate crimes against humanity.

What ever happen to the Geneva Conventions? What happened that we could become immune to the atrocities committed by our own people in what can only be describe as an illegal invasion for selfish, self-serving reasons, oil, greed and power.

When did we authorise our government to breech international law and to commit acts of terrorism?

Please tell me, I really want to know. Please, I want to make sense of the murder I have just witnessed on my television.

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Forum posts

  • I have shed all the tears I can, When you receive the answer you sought, please pass it on. Thank you. Broken Hearted.Over 1,000 brave young men and women will never retuirn to this great country. Their mothers and fathers, husbands and wives never to see their smiles and dear faces again. All for nought. America cannot police the world. Let countries fight their own battles and let us heed their call as Allies to defend WAR not occupation for WHAT. To free WHOM. TO KILL AND MURDER FOR WHAT. Spare me MY STIPIDITY????

  • I say good for that marine, if the situation was reversed the insurgent wouldn’t hesitate either.

    • AYE, its called war.........people die...if you agree with the war or not.....i know this isnt reality but i the movie "Saving private Ryan" the captain dies from the gunshots of the POW he set free... earlier in the movie. The whole idea of war is that we kill more of them so they cant kill our boys............