A video of American Marines urinating on corpses exploded on the internet yesterday. Multiple sources positing this could have the impact of another Abu Gharib. Reportedly one soldiers says ‘Scout sniper team 4 with the 3rd Battalian 2nd Marines out of Camp Lejeune’ (based out of North Carolina) and CNN is reporting two of the four marines have already been identified.
A video appearing to show U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters promises to become an enduring memory of the Afghan war and is already drawing sharp reaction from across the world as it goes viral on the Internet.
Like in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, in which U.S. troops photographed themselves humiliating and intimidating detainees, the Americans shown in the Marine video appeared to have wanted a record of themselves desecrating the corpses of the men they had just killed.
Videos with full sound track are available on youtube.
”Have a great day, buddy.”
“You got it on the video?”
“Yeah.”
“I see you zoomed in on our…”
“Golden, like a shower.”
Two of the four Marines shown in a video urinating on dead bodies sprawled out on the ground have been identified by the Marine Corps, a Marine Corps official told CNN Thursday. The names are not being made public, said the official, who did not want to be identified because the investigation is ongoing.
“I have seen the footage, and I find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable,” U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a statement. “I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed “total dismay …..deplorable…It is absolutely inconsistent with American values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel and the vast, vast majority of our military personnel, particularly our Marines, hold themselves to,” she said. “Anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in this kind of conduct, must be held fully accountable.”
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the U.S. government to investigate the video and hand down the harshest punishment possible.
“The government of Afghanistan is deeply disturbed by a video that shows American soldiers desecrating dead bodies of three Afghans,” according to a statement released by the presidential palace on behalf of Karzai.
This is barbaric. When are we going to leave Afghanistan?
This is right up Pamela Geller’s alley. She’s in seventh heaven, lovin’ it.
pamella geller 01 12 2012
CAIR:
Tea Party Speaker Says She ‘Loves’ Marines Who Desecrated Corpses
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR) today condemned remarks by Pamela Geller, the leader of an anti-Muslim hate group and a frequent speaker at Tea Party events, applauding the alleged desecration of Afghan corpses by U.S. Marines.
On her hate blog, Geller wrote in response to CAIR’s condemnation of the desecration: “I love these Marines. Perhaps this is the infidel interpretation of the Islamic ritual of washing and preparing the body for burial.”
While Geller praised the desecration video, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called it “utterly deplorable.” CAIR yesterday expressed concern that enemies of the United States will use the video to further their anti-American goals.
Hate-filled comments on Geller’s post included:
“I’ve never been prouder to be an American!”
“My heroes!! Best video I’ve seen in awhile :)”
“Nicest movie I’ve seen in years.”
“These sick mutts need to be urinated on. Defecated on too.”
“Have you burned a Koran today. All around the campfire. Burn, baby, burn.”
“The marines should have dumped the bodies in PIG BLOOD; soaked those bodies, in PIG BLOOD.”
“Looked to me as though the marines were showing respect. They had their heads bowed and observed silence while rinsing off the corpses.”
Spot on piece published on Gawker re: Marines urinating on Afghans –
http://m.gawker.com/5875468/piss-on-war
“Do you know what is worse than having your dead body urinated upon? Being killed. Being shot. Being bombed. Having your limbs blown off. Having your house incinerated by a drone-fired missile that you don’t see until it explodes. Having your children blown up in their beds. Having your spouse killed. Having your hometown destroyed. Being displaced. Becoming a refugee. Having your entire life destroyed as a consequence of political forces far, far beyond your control.”
And in respect to Geller, well, she’s a monster.
She loves Israel. Of course she loves this.
CNN’s Dana Loesch Cheers Soldiers Who Urinated On Corpses, Says She Would “Drop Trou” And Do It Herself:
CNN “political analyst” Dana Loesch, on the other hand, apparently doesn’t care if these actions were directly working against the mission of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan; instead, she cheered for it in order to fuel the unhinged Muslim hatred that has become a staple of modern day right-wing media. On her show, she gave the marines in question “one million cool points” and said that she would “drop trou” and “do it too.” She ended by saying: “Do I have a problem with that as a citizen of the United States? No, I don’t.”
Audio: http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2012/01/loesch-cheers-soldiers-who-urinated-on.html
It is very bad, Annie, but nowhere as obscene as America’s DU and phosphorus carpet bombing of Fallujah and nowhere as obscene as the US Marines sniper shown on the news last night twice decorated for having popped-off 216 Afghan fighters. With that sick mentality, what do you expect from the soldiers in the field?
Disgusting. I’m equally as disgusted with the likes of Pamela Geller and her ‘fans’
As for the troops, normal people do not do things like this. These men are sick, disgusting, vile, psychopaths. Just like that guy who tossed a puppy into a ravine in Iraq. Immoral, inhumane, psychopathic behavior.