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Shoot the Messenger Update
	Two weeks ago, Sophie brought Dateline an exclusive interview with Kevin Sites, the NBC cameraman who last November filmed that American marine shooting dead an unarmed, wounded, Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque. Here's a reminder of that report - and Dateline reminds you that the footage is pretty graphic.

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SBS Australia - Broadcast 05/11/05

REPORTER: Sophie McNeill

Kevin has spent nearly 10 months as an embedded journalist in Iraq. But he'd never before captured anything like this. He is now.

KEVIN SITES: I wish I hadn't been there. I wish I hadn't been in that spot at that time just because I knew the responsibility that I would have at that moment on.

GEORGE NEGUS: Since Kevin Sites shot that harrowing footage, he's apparently been subjected to an ongoing hate campaign in the US. That said, just a few days ago, there was a major development on the issue. The Pentagon announced that the marine who fired the fatal shot will not face any charges. An inquiry by the Marine Corp has found that he acted within the rules of engagement and had exercised his inherent right of self defence. According to the investigation, Kevin Sites' video-tape of the shooting showed that the three men shot by the marine in question, posed, quote-unquote "a hostile threat."

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