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CHARGES DISMISSED. In the case of ILARIO PANTANO, 33, the Marine lieutenant accused of shooting two unarmed Iraqis to death near a suspected terrorist hideout and hanging a warning sign-the Marine slogan NO BETTER FRIEND, NO WORSE ENEMY-near their bodies as a message to insurgents; by the Marine Corps; after an autopsy failed to confirm that the men had been shot in the back while on their knees, as reported; in Camp Lejeune, N.C. The ex-Wall Street trader didn't deny the shooting but claimed he was acting in self-defense...
TIME reported on the murder charges brought against Marine 2nd Lieut. Ilario Pantano for shooting two Iraqis near Baghdad in what Pantano says was self-defense [March 7]. I pose two questions: If the two Iraqis had detonated explosives, killing Pantano's men but not Pantano, would he be prosecuted for dereliction of duty for not preventing the explosion and the casualties? Or if the Iraqis had detonated explosives, killing Pantano, his men and themselves, would the government honor him as a hero and adorn his coffin with medals? Leaders like Pantano are supposed to be decisive. He made...
...better friend, no worse enemy." The words echoed through 2nd Lieut. Ilario Pantano's head on the afternoon of April 15, 2004. That was the motto of Lieut. General James Mattis, at the time the commander of the 1st Marine Division in Iraq. Like many junior officers, Pantano looked up to Mattis as the consummate warrior-general. The phrase had stuck with Pantano as he tried to keep his men alive in some of Iraq's meanest neighborhoods, where friends are hard to find...
...attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., a place better known for socialites than for soldiers. Pantano signed up in advance for the Marine Corps. He wanted to make sure he was accepted for the infantry, not assigned some desk job because of his education. "My memory of Ilario is that in a sea of preppy clothing, he wore combat boots and camouflage," says classmate Josh Bernstein. "But he was so real that he got along with everybody...
...moved into the southern edge of the city to destroy two bunkers that insurgents were using to fire on their positions. Easy's Third Platoon moved in to inspect one of the buildings, which had been hit the day before by a 500-lb. bomb. Platoon Commander 2nd Lieut. Ilario Pantano reported back that they had found gun emplacements and binoculars and that the building was still usable by insurgents. Another Marine later recalled the smell of death. Tank fire would finish the house off. Then, to their north, they spotted the movement of three or four men. Some...