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This is just reprehensible. This is along the lines of what went on at Abu Grab in Iraq. When our troops do things like this it can be used as propaganda against our involvement in Afghanistan, and is definitely something that can turn the opinions of non-combatants against us. It infuriates me that these Marines would do this after all of the briefings they receive about Law of War/Standards of Conduct.
I know somebody will post that these guys are under a lot of pressure/stress, but so is everyone else in a combat theater. Though there is no way to ever know, but it is likely this video will go to help recruit new volunteers against the Coalition forces there in Afghanistan (and possibly our growing forces in AFRICOM on the Horn of Africa).
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