liberting the natives at close range

"A Royal Marine accused of executing a seriously-wounded Taliban prisoner wrote in his diary that he pleaded with his commander to shoot the stricken man, a court martial heard. The 25-year-old serviceman, identified only as Marine C, described how he desired to kill the injured Afghan insurgent – and was 'waiting to pop him'. He recorded in his diary that his sergeant, known as Marine A, refused – then blasted the enemy captive in the chest at close range with his 9mm pistol."