Originally Posted by SMG

This guy was caught. Video & audio. He will be convicted. I`m just saying these things do happen, sometimes due to fear, sometimes due to training, sometimes its made clear that you should not take prisoners, sometimes it just plain murder, but it does happen. Different people will have different opinions.

None of us will ever know because we were not there at the time. We don't know what had happened previously, had this guy had just lost some colleagues, what was his mindset at the time.

Unless he is booby trapped, a dead insurgent is no threat, a wounded one is. All British forces operate under Queens regulations, an endless list of them, all superseded by a small list of exceptions, determined by operational & task requirements. This is why SF can operate freely, they "Murder" people all the time, in the national interest.

I`m not saying Marine A was under such orders, just that incidents like this do happen, if sanctioned, OK, if not, take your chance.