This is a story that for one reason or another, seemingly hasn’t merited a mention on the news - which is a shame because it DID when the charges were pending… The marine 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano was cleared of murder charges, and he did not deny killing the two Iraqis, because they made a menacing move towards him. To be fair, I need to mention that he DID empty 2 magazines into their bodies (60 bullets), to act as a deterrent to other insurgents. He left a note on their bodies, “No better friend, no worse enemy”, a Marine slogan. It is a sad day when we start to charge our soldiers with murder for defending themselves.