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Marines probe video depicting urination on corpses
By ROBERT BURNS | Associated Press – 1 hr 41 mins ago....Email
Share4Print......WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps said Wednesday it is investigating a video depicting what appears to be four Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.

In a statement, the Marine Corps said it has not verified the origin or authenticity of the YouTube video. But it also said the actions portrayed are not consistent with Marine values.

If verified the video could create a strong backlash in the Muslim world and beyond for the disrespectful actions it portrays.

The case is being referred to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Navy's worldwide law enforcement organization, said NCIS spokesman Ed Buice.

The Council on Islamic-American Relations, a prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy group based in Washington, quickly condemned the video.

"We condemn this apparent desecration of the dead as a violation of our nation's military regulations and of international laws of war prohibiting such disgusting and immoral actions," the group wrote in a letter faxed to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

"If verified as authentic, the video shows behavior that is totally unbecoming of American military personnel and that could ultimately endanger other soldiers and civilians," the letter said.

Marine Corps headquarters at the Pentagon said, "The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps. This matter will be fully investigated."

A Marine Corps spokesman, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton, added, "Allegations of Marines not doing the right thing in regard to dead Taliban insurgents are very serious and, if proven, represent a failure to adhere to the high standards expected of American military personnel."

A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby, said the video is deeply troubling.

"Whoever it is, and whatever the circumstances — which we know is under investigation — it is egregious behavior," Kirby said.

It is unclear who shot the video and who posted it online.

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Then, I read this from CNN's website from a US release of Taliban activities this past June:
U.S. releases Taliban 'catalogue of atrocities'

The White House expanded the information war against the Taliban Thursday, releasing a report documenting what it called "atrocities" committed by the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.The report, released in Washington, London and Islamabad, listed media accounts over the past several weeks, including allegations that the Taliban killed eight boys who laughed at soldiers, burned an entire family alive, and killed 100 Afghans and hung their bodies from lamp posts to warn would-be defectors.The report also includes allegations of atrocities dating back to September 1996, when the Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, castrated the country's president and killed and tortured his brother, according to the U.S. Department of Defense

abuck76 wrote:I agree 100% with TC..........You are just justifying their hatred of us...........They will use this as another recruiting tool to gain access to more Muslim youth..........War is hell, and people die, and people die in horrible ways......But this is just not the way Americans should act............I am embarrassed as an American for this behavior.............I suppose, KVDV, you thought My Lai was O.K..........Shameful........... :12224

KVDW wrote:

abuck76 wrote:I agree 100% with TC..........You are just justifying their hatred of us...........They will use this as another recruiting tool to gain access to more Muslim youth..........War is hell, and people die, and people die in horrible ways......But this is just not the way Americans should act............I am embarrassed as an American for this behavior.............I suppose, KVDV, you thought My Lai was O.K..........Shameful........... :12224

i don't know anything about Your Lai