Convicted Marine Details Ill-Fated Plan

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LOS ANGELES - Cpl. Marshall Magincalda and seven of his comrades were angry. For weeks, the squad had endured insurgent attacks, but lacked evidence against the man they suspected was responsible.

Magincalda told The Associated Press on Thursday in his first in-depth interview since being released from the Camp Pendleton brig last week that the Marines warned the man that if any more bombs went off, they would be paying him a visit.

When a second blast occurred a week later, in April last year, they hatched a plan for an unorthodox revenge. In the end, however, a different man ended up dead.

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Low said prosecutors never proved that the victim was an innocent civilian. Low, who traveled to Hamdania, said he had uncovered evidence suggesting Awad likely was an insurgent, including that he was identified on a Marine suspects list as being a marksman nicknamed the "karma sniper."
Magincalda said he would never know for sure who died that night in April. The Marine said he would always feel ashamed of having helped kill a man outside the rules of engagement.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_re_us/marines_iraq_shooting


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