Pentagon officials vowed Wednesday that a video posted online purportedly showing U.S. Marines in Afghanistan urinating on dead Taliban fighters will be "fully investigated."
The video appeared to surface first on YouTube shortly before midnight Tuesday. It includes a caption indicating that the Marines were members of Scout Sniper Team 4, a Marine Corps unit that has served on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan this year.
The footage, lasting just 39 seconds, shows four Marines in full combat gear urinating on the bodies of three dead men, bearded and dressed in traditional Afghan garb. The Marines can be heard laughing and joking. "Have a great day, buddy," one says.
The desecration of corpses during wartime violates military law andThey look around before proceeding to urinate over the corpses. One of the men can be heard saying, “Have a great day, buddy.” The Marine Corps issued a statement immediately after learning of the video, saying a full investigation is under way. “While we have not yet verified the origin or authenticity of this video, the actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps,” the statement read. US Troops Blow Up Dog Just For Fun 2011
U.S Marines!!!!!!!! Please they should be call U.S loser pigs’...with no respect to dead bodies good Job for putting U.S Flag up in the sky, all Americans are proud of you four.. !@#!@#!
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