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Washington - The US military is investigating a video posted on the Internet that claims to show four Marines urinating on the bloody bodies of insurgents, identified as possibly Taliban fighters, according to media reports.

The 39-second video was circulating on Wednesday on the Internet. In the video, the men laugh as they relieve themselves on the bodies.

According to the Washington Post, the bodies were dressed in Afghan-style clothing.

The US Marine Corps said it was aware of the video “that portrays Marines urinating on what appear to be deceased members of the Taliban”, according to a statement quoted by ABC news.

“While we have not yet verified the origin or authenticity of this video, the actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps,” the statement said. - Sapa-dpa

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Anonymous, wrote

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09:28am on 12 January 2012
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are they peeed to death? bad joke, i think there actions is disgusting but these boys live a life or danger and sophistication is not a requisite skil.

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jason, wrote

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09:28am on 12 January 2012
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Ha ha ha...GOOD LAUGH!!

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aNON the Soldier, wrote

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09:23am on 12 January 2012
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@jean...clearly you have never been in armed conflict. your views and stated values are fine in the city streets (or maybe not?) but in armed conflict the value system changes. have you witnessed what township residents do to a thief or whatever they apprehend? point your finger only once you have experienced WAR.

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@Jean, wrote

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09:22am on 12 January 2012
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We'll get you a noddy badge you hero you!! You're a serious turkey. There's nothing wrong with urinating on Taliban murderers.

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aNON, wrote

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09:19am on 12 January 2012
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once again Russell Travers gives a pretty good commentary, well done! taliban and al queda (sic) have done horrific things to the journalists caught - beheading, defiling and dumping their bodies in the street. they have done even worse things to soldiers they've captured! those soldiers are showing ultimate disdain for those they've killed. it is war and it happens, get over the indignation!

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Anonymous, wrote

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09:17am on 12 January 2012
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What a peoples, those how are saying through mass medias around the world they are fighting for human rights, but they themselves crossing the human rights, are they true?.

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John Alues, wrote

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09:15am on 12 January 2012
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What do you expect. I thought they are at war. Does it matter how you kill your enemy, just get the job done. If you are fighting and angry, you lose control & when you lose control, your opponet will gain an upper hand. If the accused did what they did to mentally stress their enemy & help them win the war, who cares? just win your war.. They are soilders & they hard a job to do & they did it best way known to them. Am very supprised that people are worried about the messager and the not the person that send the messager. Was it or is it a justified war? who authorised the war? You don't have a problem with kill people but you do when dead bodies are being urinated on. that is sick.

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Anonymous, wrote

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09:00am on 12 January 2012
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other people do not see the problem cause the are Problem them selves.

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Anonymous, wrote

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09:00am on 12 January 2012
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Of course you don't see the problems because you are as animal as them. Birds of a feather flock together.

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Anonymous, wrote

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08:58am on 12 January 2012
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I am not surprised as it will be difficult for an uneducated idiot to see the problem here.

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Jean, wrote

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08:57am on 12 January 2012
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Anonymous @ 8.19am. No wonder you don't have the guts to give your name! What a disgusting thought with which to start a day. Whatever your thoughts about the Taliban may be, there is a respect for human life and dignity which (if this video is true) shows none. By claiming superiority to one's enemy one behaves I would think in a more civilised fashion. This is NOT it. War is brutalising, but there is nothing good about demeaning behaviour such as this (if it is true)

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Anonymous, wrote

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08:50am on 12 January 2012
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People are going to compare this to their values but we must remember that the taliban has killed people these guys know , and this is more revenge than anything , i can only imagine the mental strain these people must go through

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Graham F, wrote

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08:47am on 12 January 2012
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Considering what Taliban suicide bombers have done its mild and understandable. Probably had comrades killed by the same people.

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russell travers, wrote

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08:44am on 12 January 2012
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What is more disgusting, the killing of these men or their killers defiling of their bodies? This is war. This is the way it is with insult, injury, death and destruction. Certainly, a short while before this video was taken the men on the ground were trying to kill those standing. Had it been the other way around who knows what special mutilation of the Americans corpses the Taliban would have chosen for their defilement. The iretractability and ultimate futility of these events should be a warning to groups in SA whose respect and tolerance for each other is at such a low ebb due to failures of leadership. The dead know nothing of insults, just the living feel either powerfull or disgusted, victory or defeat - this is the way it is.

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Mo, wrote

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08:36am on 12 January 2012
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@Anon 08:19 - The reason you dont see a problem with it is that you are the same as those that are in violation. I pity the treatment your corpse awaits!

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Anonymous, wrote

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08:19am on 12 January 2012
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I don't see the problem.

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