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Now, at the most fateful moment of his life, the words came back to haunt Pantano. It was late afternoon, and darkness was setting in. Pantano and his platoon were on a raid north of Mahmudiyah, not far from Baghdad, acting on a tip about a possible insurgent hideout. As...
What happened next cost both Iraqis their lives, and now, nearly a year later, has Pantano fighting for his. On Feb. 1, the Marine Corps charged Pantano with at least seven violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including two counts of premeditated murder. According to the charge sheet...
The visibility of Pantano's saga is due in part to its rarity. Only one other Marine has been charged with murder for actions during the Iraq war; the Army says just five of its soldiers have so far been tried and convicted for serious violent crimes committed in Iraq...
Pantano's fellow junior combat officers have a very different view. To them, the case against him is at odds with the reality of waging a counterinsurgency in which every Iraqi civilian is a potential threat and attacks are almost impossible to anticipate. Several Marine officers who served with Pantano...
On graduating, he went straight to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. He fought in Desert Storm, made sergeant in three years, and left as a scout sniper with a bunch of medals. But in 1993 he left the Marines and returned to Manhattan. He took night classes at New...