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Video shows US soldiers urinating on dead
Taliban fighters
Thursday January 12, 2012 08:09:16 AM,
IANS
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Washington: The US
Marine Corps is probing an internet video that showed several
soldiers were urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters killed
in Afghanistan.
"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 Corps said in a statement Wednesday, promising the
matter "will be fully investigated".
In the video, four men in US camouflage combat uniforms appear to
be urinating on the corpses of three dead Taliban fighters. One of
the soldiers joked: "Have a nice day, buddy," Xinhua reported.
It remained unclear who shot and posted the video on the internet.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the video is "deeply
troubling", because it depicts "egregious behaviour".
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a US Muslim civil
rights group, condemned the desecration of corpses in a letter
sent to US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta.
"Any guilty parties must be punished to the full extent allowed by
the Uniform Code of Military Justice and by relevant American
laws," the group said in the letter, which was also sent to media
organisations.
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