Stand by Royal Marine 'A' now
Three weeks Royal Marine 'A' was found guilty of murder, having shot dead a wounded Taliban fighter in September 2011; he awaits sentencing this Friday. The context of the incident comes from a remarkable civilian:
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ving-hell.htmlAnthropologist and filmmaker Chris Terrill, the only civilian to have won a Royal Marines green beret, was on the front line in Afghanistan at the same time as the Marine A incident took place.
Not only that, he was embedded with the marines at the same place as it occurred – a remote patrol base deep in the Helmand valleys and set in what was described at the time as “the most dangerous square mile in the world”.
Riddled with IEDs (improvised explosive devises) and crawling with Taliban insurgents, the patrol base was nicknamed “Rorke’s Drift” and its setting was dubbed “IED Central”.
Four marines were to die here with dozens seriously injured. Chris Terrill speaks of his time with the Royal Marines serving in this “living hell”.
Chris made a documentary series a few years ago, as he followed RM training and then combat in Afghanistan. He is a remarkable man.
His last words say so much, my emphasis Ordinary people doing extraordinary things on our behalf.
I don't want to concentrate on the murder conviction here. The accused is cited briefly on the why and what. He now faces life imprisonment and there is a campaign for clemency - which after reading Chris's comments I have signed.
Fuller report:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...execution.html
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