Kevin Sites is the freelance cameraman who videotaped a US Marine shooting and apparently killing a wounded Iraqi prisoner in a Falluja mosque.
He recently posted this personal account of the events on his weblog.
I'm greatly disturbed by the death threats made against him, and the insistance that this information should rightfully have been hidden. I wandered through blogs full of angry rhetoric, saddened again by the direction some "American values" have taken.
I wanted to leave comments, but decided to stay silent. Sometimes there's wisdom in silence when you know you can't be heard, when what you say will only fan the flames of anger. But I'm uneasy with that wisdom.
The next few posts (below) are the journey I made with that discomfort in heart and mind.
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