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The Guardian - Culture: TV & Radio Edit Unfollow War and Justice: The Case of Marine A review – compelling account of a killing, with a fatal flaw by Stuart Jeffries Jul 31, 2022 Channel 4’s documentary is an engrossing look at Royal Marine Al Blackman, who was charged with battlefield manslaughter. But it fails to ask basic questions about the real victim – the man he killed “I don’t think I am a murderer,” says ex-Royal Marine sergeant Alexander Blackman. “I don’t think I was a murderer. I am not a murderer.” But if what Blackman did in a field in Afghanistan almost 11 years ago doesn’t make him a murderer, what is he? On 15 September 2011, after a firefight, Blackman and two other marines from J Company walked across the field to the injured body of a Taliban fighter who had earlier attacked a military checkpoint. The insurgent had been hit by some of 139 anti-tank bullets fired from an Apache helicopter but was still alive. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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