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...murder. According to the charge sheet filed by the Marines, Pantano killed both Iraqis--who turned out to be unarmed--by shooting them in the back with his M-16. Pantano is also charged with "willfully and wrongfully" damaging the Iraqis' automobile by smashing its headlights, taillights and rear window. Finally, Marine prosecutors say, he desecrated the bodies of the dead, still inside the car, by placing a sign on the roof that said, in the words of General Mattis, NO BETTER FRIEND, NO WORSE ENEMY. Pantano will face a preliminary hearing, probably in April, that will decide whether...
...convicted for serious violent crimes committed in Iraq. Because cases like Pantano's are so unusual, they prove to be bitterly divisive, with the prosecution and the defense equally convinced that they are fighting to uphold the military's core values. In that sense, the Pantano case is a window on a larger debate within the military about how and when to apply the rules of war in a shadowy fight against an unconventional enemy. In the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison abuses and other highly publicized excesses--such as the televised Marine shooting of a wounded insurgent...
...comprised of native islanders—many of whom have never seen a movie theater, let alone acted in a feature—and the incorporation of such a real, Rotuman presence lends the film a deeply raw, affecting richness. The movie plays like a kind of cultural window, presenting to the world a vision of life in the distant Pacific from the very imaginations of those who live...
...bius also thinks that TheFacebook can provide a window into the under-studied world of one-on-one interactions, even among people who don’t consider themselves best friends...
...Sherman Street resident reported that between 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., an unknown person or persons entered his apartment by breaking a window. Once inside, the suspect(s) went through his bedroom and stole jewelry and a jug containing...