Israeli soldiers in Gaza describe a 'moral Twilight Zone'
By Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
In filmed testimony and written statements released Wednesday, more than two dozen soldiers told an Israeli army veterans' group that military commanders led the fighters into what one described as a "moral Twilight Zone" where almost every Palestinian was seen as a threat.
"In urban warfare, everyone is your enemy," said one soldier. "No innocents."
This came out in an American court martial in 2007:
Unable to find him, the Marines and corpsman dragged another man from his house, fatally shot him, and then planted an AK-47 assault rifle near the body to make it appear he had been killed in a shootout, according to court testimony.
Lopezromo, who was not part of the squad on its late-night mission, said he saw nothing wrong with what Thomas did.
"I don't see it as an execution, sir," he told the judge. "I see it as killing the enemy."
He said Marines consider all Iraqi men part of the insurgency.
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