No filter, just the first-hand account of Iraq mosque killing

Kevin Sites was the TV reporter/cameraman who shot the grim footage of a US Marine killing an injured Iraqi insurgent in a Fallujah mosque last week.

His blog recounts the first-hand story of what went on, in context, unfiltered, unedited and stark.

Here's an excerpt - but read the full version.

"No one, especially someone like me who has lived in a war zone with you, would deny that a solider or Marine could legitimately err on the side of caution under those circumstances. War is about killing your enemy before he kills you.

In the particular circumstance I was reporting, it bothered me that the Marine didn't seem to consider the other insurgents a threat -- the one very obviously moving under the blanket, or even the two next to me that were still breathing."