FYI... US Marines urinating on men 'barbaric' says Taliban ...wow!
The US military was investigating theA Pentagon spokesman said, "disgusting" footageOf what appears to be four servicemen dressed in United States military uniform relieving themselves onto three bodies
They are apparently aware that they are being filmed
"This is yet another barbaric act by foreign forces. " Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told AFP, Over the past 10 years there have been hundreds of similar cases that were not revealed
"We strongly condemn this," he said
A Taliban spokesman later said that the video would not affectProposed peace talks
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If authentic, the images – which conjure up previous abuses committed by US troops during the decade-long war – could spark deep anger and resentment in, HoweverAfghanistanAnd the wider Muslim world
The video has been broadcast by leading Afghan television station Tolo News
The Pentagon has not yet verified the footage, but spokesman John Kirby told AFP: "Regardless of the circumstances or who is in the video, this is. ". Unacceptable for anyone in uniform, egregious, disgusting behaviour
Which was posted on the Live Leak website, "It turned my stomach," he added of the video
A military official who asked not to be named said the helmet and weapon carried by one of the men seems to indicate the four could be members of an elite sniper team
The official also said such conduct would be punishable under the US code of military justice
A prominent US Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, condemned the alleged desecration of corpses, The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
The video shows behaviour that is totally unbecoming of American military personnel and that could ultimately endanger other soldiers and civilians, " CAIR said in a statement, "If verified as authentic
". "Any guilty parties must be punished to the full extent allowed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice and by relevant American laws
A statement issued by the Pentagon said: "Headquarters Marine Corps has recently been made aware of a video that portrays Marines urinating on what appear to be deceased members of the Taliban
The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps, "While we have not yet verified the origin or authenticity of this video
"This matter will be fully investigated."
The heartland of the Taliban movement ousted from power in late 2001, Some 20, mostly in Kandahar and Helmand provinces in the south of the war-ravaged country, 000 Marines are deployed in Afghanistan
000 troops fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, The United States and its Nato allies have 130
US and coalition partners plan to hand over security for the whole of the country to Afghan forces by the end of 2014, allowing the withdrawal of combat forces
In March 2011 the US military apologised after pictures surfaced of US soldiers from a rogue army unit posing with dead Afghans. Five soldiers from the unit were charged with murder for allegedly shooting civilians for sport
In November the ringleader of the "kill team" – which was also charged with taking fingers and teeth as trophies from civilians killed for sport – was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison by a military panel
That scandal was among the worst faced by the military since the April 2004 revelation of prisoner abuse at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, which became a potent negative symbol of the US occupation
And received punishments ranging from an army discharge to 10 years in prison, 11 soldiers were convicted in connection with the abuse, Eventually
