Afghanistan: US troops defile the dead on camera.....

From: Russia Today
US troops defile dead Afghans on camera
Published: 12 January, 2012, 02:58
An eye-opening video clip that made it online Wednesday may cause a scandal on par with what erupted with the Abu Ghraib photographs of 2004. Now US Marines have been caught on film - urinating on dead Afghans.

A 40-second excerpt of the clip has managed to made its web to the Web and in it viewers can watch four US Marines on patrol in Afghanistan allegedly urinating on the corpses of deceased Afghan men. It is unclear of the victims' identities in this incident, but according to a note included with the uploaded file, the US servicemen were members of the Marine Scout Sniper Team 4 and the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The group was dispatched to the northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan during the summer of 2011.
A clip of US troops urinating on Afghans in civilian clothes shocked the Internet on Wednesday.

Ten years after beginning military operations in Afghanistan, the US military still maintains an active presence there, making it the longest continuous war in American history. President Obama has vowed to bring back troops in full by 2014, but this event could cause widespread outrage against the military operation, with the latest incident increasing tensions unmatched since the Abu Ghraib scandal of years' past.

Earlier in the War on Terror, American troops were caught grossly mishandling prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Baghdad, Iraq, humiliating, injuring and subjecting them to clearly inhumane conditions that resulted in at least one death. Nearly eight years later, the event and the photographs and videos to come out of it are among the most notorious notches in terms of America's inability to control its own military in the policing of the world.

In the Abu Ghraib incidents, US troops were revealed to torture and chastise prisoners who were serving as living detainees with the institute's walls. In the latest clip, however, Americans are shown not just disrespecting the alleged enemy, but failing to honor those that lost their lives in the name of war.

One of the American servicemen is heard in the clip announcing, "Have a great day, buddy," while he relieves himself on the body of a slain Afghan. "Golden like a shower" snickers another.
Three slain Afghans lay bloodied while American servicemen urinate on their bodies.

According to Camp Lejeune's official US military website, its mission is "to maintain combat-ready units for expeditionary deployment." In October 2011, the Marine Corps finished a $20 million investment in Camp Lejeune, in turn transitioning the facility into a 32,000-square-foot recreation of Afghan turf.

"In the Marine Corps, we call this graduate-level training," Col. Dan Lecce, commander of the camp, told the News & Observer back then. Now, however, the US Marine Corps will investigate how the troops got away with this despicable act and try to nip the blowback in the bud before tensions between the US and Afghanistan worsen anymore.

While the exact identities of the victims are not known at this time, the three corpses are clad in civilian clothes, not military uniforms. One man, who seems to be the youngest of the pack, is donned in a blood-soaked shirt. The group is laid out in clear terrain sheltered by bushes an adjacent to a wheelbarrow, which could mean that the men were ambushed while participating in civilian activity.
http://rt.com/usa/news/us-afghan-urinate-military-571/

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[all4love1234567]

This shows the world exactly the targeted socially retarded and uncultured youth sought out and recruited to commit murder and guard oil in the area.

Quick question for all,would you stand by if these kooks were shooting at you and raping your mom,then peeing on them?Perfect representation of the maturity level selected by corrupted governments to carry out this war on humanity.

[MentosMan727]

@Pray4waves76 These soldiers are helping to radicalize the civilians in a country in which we occupy. They are giving them an excuse to join the opposition and putting our soldiers still there in more danger. You're not standing by our soldiers if you support this shit, and honestly, I can't believe I have to explain this to someone 9 years older than me. Dude, read books or something, turn off TV, you sound like an idiot.

[1315cool]

The media should forget it. This damn terrorist killed American soldiers. Hell I would pee on one if I saw my friend get shot and killed by the terrorist. Screw the media we should send them out there and see what it is like.

[coexist31]

@all4love1234567 okay well when you decide to open your eyes and step out into the world let me know.

[coexist31]

@Boldak11 did that accomplish anything?

[coexist31]

@santosc91 Nobody deserves that. They are human beings! They are no different than us. Do we not raise our children to hate their kind as much as they hate us? What makes us better?

[coexist31]

I know that they have wronged us, but to do the same to them makes us no better than them. Matthew 5:38-39 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Let's rise up and be the better nation, be who we claim to be, a nation that acts with dignity and honor.

[coexist31]

Can't you see that we are ALL people? All of us They are no different than us. They program their children to hate our nation just as we do to our own children. This video shows a hatred towards an entire Afghani race, human beings. If you do I'm sorry, but these are my brothers and sisters you are bashing. I am as white as it gets, but through Christ they are my family.

[Andreaspaw]

This reporter is wrong they're not Soldiers they're Marines.

[GIspecialty]

@TheBlackShinyEyes Right. Now go to afghanistan and say death to the taliban and their supporters. See how long you keep your head. Do u get it? And u still cannot or will not answer the questions I asked earlier. Why? Because if u do then u will not have an argument that even a silly liberal or raghead could justify. IDIOT!!

[TheBlackShinyEyes]

@GIspecialty .. death to all occupiers

thanks for the freedom of speech america ,, thats what u want isn't it ?

die occupiers

[GIspecialty]

@TheBlackShinyEyes NO, thats what we call peeing on dead enemy soldiers. And what occupation force engages in the act of turning over power and authority to the people of that country? Any answers smart guy? I did not think so. Idiot!!