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Marine Admits Killing Iraqi Civilians Building Wall After Mistaking Them for IED Emplacers
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#305 AJ Pasciuti - Marine Scout Sniper on Hunting Juba, the Deadliest Enemy Sniper in Iraq
"They weren't digging an IED. They were building a wall. They were building a wall for their family. The thing that they were putting into the ground were cinder blocks."
Former Marine sniper AJ Pashutti revealed he killed two Iraqi civilians in 2006 after mistaking them for IED emplacers. Observing from 600 meters during a sandstorm, he engaged two men digging by a roadside, believing they were planting explosives. He discovered the next morning they had been building a cinderblock wall to protect their family. Pashutti says he was within his rules of engagement but the incident haunts him, illustrating the moral cost of split-second battlefield decisions.
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