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Marines launch inquiry

Afghanistan\'s government and the Taliban are both denouncing the video that has surfaced on the Internet, allegedly showing four U.S. Marines urinating on the ...

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January 17, 2012 7:47 pm

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Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban are both denouncing the video that has surfaced on the Internet, allegedly showing four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. Marine Corps. Commandant General James Amos has assigned a Marine General Officer and senior attorney, both with extensive combat experience, to head up an internal Preliminary Inquiry into the matter. Once the investigation and Preliminary Inquiry are complete and the facts have been determined, then the says the Marine Corps will take the appropriate next steps. He says in a statement, “Rest assured that the institution of the Marine Corps will not rest until the allegations and the events surrounding them have been resolved.”