This nasty video is all over the internet. It may have not been filmed in Afghanistan, but what it depicts is very disturbing.
The BBC reports:
The US military has said it is investigating a video that appears to show a group of marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.
The origin of the video is not known, nor is it clear who posted it online.
Marine Corps headquarters at the Pentagon said in a statement: "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.''
These are some of the comments on the Liveleak website:
. Islam dictates that the body must be washed before burial - nothing wrong here, just helping out.
. It's "wet-down" time. Buy them lads a few beers so they can continue to piss all over the sand-monkies faces. If I was there I'd take a huge dump on one of those Taliban dude's heads. Hey, maggots gotta eat too!
. i'll bet it was cleaner than the water in that country.
. They should have shit on them first. Fuck the taliban, they are worth less than pig feed.
. They are dead. They don´t care.
. AWESOME!! Piss on those dead bastards!!!
. LOL! Final insult before they meet the maker and are cast to Hell with the rest of the MooSlimes.
. Excellent, well done lads, piss on them and what they stand for.
. They rolled up to the pearly gates expecting their 72 virgins and all they got was a stinky golden shower.
. HELL YEAH! done that to a grave but never on the body itself.. woohoo. must be awesome.
Whether the video is genuine or not, the fact that it has gone viral and has attracted these unkind comments doesn't do the US armed forces any good.