US Marines identify two soldiers urinating on dead Afghan bodies

U.S. officials spoke out against the footage yesterday and said they have identified at least two of the four Marines in the video

A video posted online claims to show four Marines urinating on dead bodies

News of the footage had yet to reach the streets of Kabul today, but Afghans who were told about what the tape appears to show were horrified.

Sayed Abdul Samad, an elderly man said: 'According to Islam and international law it's against humanity and it's illegal.'

Feda Mohammad, a middle-aged man said: 'They've committed a crime. We don't want them in our country. We don't like foreigners in our country and they have to leave.'

A top military psychologist has suggested that the reason American soldiers urinated on dead Afghan bodies was because they were 'stressed'.

The four were members of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The official said that some of the four are no longer in that battalion.

The 40-second clip, which has been described a 'recruitment tool for the Taliban', shows four men in combat gear standing over the three corpses with their genitals exposed as they relieve themselves.

We Will Probe video of men urinating on Taliban fighters: US Marines

Ashamed of a US Marine. This is not expect of any self respecting marine or human being. This is unexceptable behavior any where anytime by anyone. This is a crime and should be punished.


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemns the "deplorable behavior" depicted in a video that appears to show US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.

Mrs Clinton expressed her "total dismay" at the video and promised that those responsible would be held accountable.

"It is absolutely inconsistent with American values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel and that you know the vast, vast majority of our military personnel, particularly our marines, hold themselves to," she said.

The online video showed four US Marines in combat fatigues laughing as they relieved themselves over three bodies lying in the dust at their feet. Nato forces in Afghanistan fear that outrage over the desecration of Muslim bodies will incite more violence.

Investigators are reported to have identified two men involved in the video. All involved are believed to be from from the 3rd Battallion, 2nd Marine Regiment, which is based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.