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an official with the united states marine corps said that two of the four marines were identified. they were attached to the 3rd battalion, second marines, which returned home to north carolina last fall. the obama administration is trying to assess the damage. >> it's absolutely inconsistent with american values. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton echoed a statement by defense secretary leon pinetta promising punishment for those involved. >> and anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> reporter: at the u.s. marine corps memorial, reaction ranged from disappointment to disgust. >> makes it embarrassing when you're married to a service member who won't do something like that. >> i'm disappointed. the image that the marines and all the military do show a level of respect. >> reporter: the fallout is more than bad taste; however, american groups say the marine's actions are a direct offense to muslim religious cut of peoples -- customs. >> that is troubling and regardless of race or religion, t

the marine corps has now identified and interviewed all four marines in the video, the two older ones and two younger. but they are now looking for the marine who videotaped the scene, the person who posted the video to youtube. aside from the criminal charges the marines could face, the marine corps will take a hard look at where leadership failed. >> when you're in a combat zone, the things that you've been trained when you were back stateside should not go away. >> reporter: and these elite snipers had had plenty of training on the laws of war and how to treat war dead. in boot camp, again at infantry school and again before deployment. the marines were in afghanistan from last march through september. these are marines from the same battalion on patrol last summer when the video was made. in its seven-month deployment, the battalion lost seven men. and, diane, a marine officer i spoke to tonight, said about the training the marine corps gives, you really shouldn't even need a class to know this is wrong. >> martha, thanks so much for reporting in tonight from washington. >>> and w

the four marines in the video have been identified. two are in custody at camp lejeune in north carolina. the other two were previously assigned to other units. tonight, one of them may even be back in afghanistan. the video first posted on the internet sent shock waves around the world. it shows four u.s. marines in full combat gear urinating on the bodies of three dead militants. at one point the marines can be heard joking about their antics. they were part of a sniper team deployed to afghanistan. they returned home to camp lejeune last september. two are being questioned by naval investigators. within hours after the video surfaced, came an avalanche of condemnations from top-ranking pentagon and military officials. at the state department today, secretary of state hillary clinton called the video deplorable. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior we expect from our military personnel. >> reporter: there is deep concern this video could create a serious backlash against the u.s. milit

did simply in human taliban sot issued a condemnation marine said part of h.ar a former marine captain served in the same area the stress and isolation of small troops in combat is no excuse >> somebody standing there at the time should have said no and they did not >> as they urinate the marines joke have a great day body got this on video? i see you as you did on one of our goal didn't like a short >> i wonder how when there were out there by themselves they went down this route and frankly i do not think it was completely at issue a failed leadership i think part of this they have to be accountable for actions as individuals american sentiment generated by the iraqi do scandal this time military moved swiftly to contain the damage criminal investigative service and greig corp. have launched their own investigations officials say there may be violations geneva convention which requires the dead to be honored >> si end and barbara stark says the marines in question and afghanistan are from a unit based north carolina deployed in february-march of last year re

marines u.s. military leaders from the defense secretary on down say they are outraged they are promising a full investigation. now i've got a few things to say about this and some of it i believe from my discussion with tony shaffer that's coming up but for now let's just take the time out to say well it's nice it's nice that the mainstream media has recognized that this is a story and this reflects on our war efforts and what war does to people but the truth is that it's not enough it's not nearly enough the afghanistan is now america's longest war ten years and counting and yet our mainstream media barely even touches the subject they don't seem bothered by the lives lost by the money spent by the fatigue that set in for a war weary public and even that fatigue isn't where it should be because only one percent of americans are actually fighting today's wars and because the media doesn't report on those wars so it's a cycle that's playing itself out and the only what we see a large loss of life

. >>> the marine corps is investigating some disturbing video that appears to show marines urinating on the corpses of fighters. four men in combat uniforms in afghanistan urinating on the corpses. marine corps said it hadn't verified the authenticity of the video. but that it's not consistent with marine values. >>> cutting staff in damascus because of security concerns. the ten-month-old anti-government uprising has claimed the life of a french journalist. elizabeth palmer was gained access to syria and filed this report. >> the group of western journalists were midway through their government supervised tour of homes when the area came under fire. one french journalist was killed. so were eight syrians. ordinary residents of this middle class neighborhood. just 20 minutes earlier, we had been on the same street to hear from the people who say the threat of snipers and kidnapping is constant. we weren't allowed out of the site of our minders but could see from the bus window that it's eerily quiet. those opposed to the regime control neighborhoods. our bus driver didn't dare drive

marine corp.hing an investigation into a video posted on the web that appears to show marines urinating on corps. they are a lot of clues that will help track down the men. she said the marine corp. is looking into whether possible action can be taben. she was talking about how the groups of snipers travel in groups of six. number two, food and drug administration is now detaining and testing all orange juice imports. the fda said they've received results. the fda is starting to test after an unnamed juice company contacted them after finding low levels of carbendozine. it's not approved in the u.s., but is in brazil. ford is recalling 450,000 mini vans and suvs. this is to fix defects that could cause fires. the vehicles are 2001 and 2002 escape and mercury and montery mini vans. number four, federal reserve released its beige book today. what it boils down to is this. it's a study of regional economies across the country. we find some good news. there was a big bump in holiday sales compare toda

marine corp.hing an investigation into a video posted on the web that appears to show marines urinating on corps. they are a lot of clues that will help track down the men. she said the marine corp. is looking into whether possible action can be taben. she was talking about how the groups of snipers travel in groups of six. number two, food and drug administration is now detaining and testing all orange juice imports. the fda said they've received results. the fda is starting to test after an unnamed juice company contacted them after finding low levels of carbendozine. it's not approved in the u.s., but is in brazil. ford is recalling 450,000 mini vans and suvs. this is to fix defects that could cause fires. the vehicles are 2001 and 2002 escape and mercury and montery mini vans. number four, federal reserve released its beige book today. what it boils down to is this. it's a study of regional economies across the country. we find some good news. there was a big bump in holiday sales compare toda

fuel, and since for marine vessels and construction -- engines for marine vessels and construction equipment. these are all the and mitigation measures that you may be adopting today, as feasible, so that gives us a lot of confidence this will go forward. in addition, there are some remaining in farm the concerns -- environmental concerns. they're mostly related to field protection, the parks, some of the neighborhoods, the marine mammal monitoring, and the implementation of the mitigation measures. week urged the commissioners and the staff to continue to work with the environmental community to work out those remaining issues which i think personally are definitely doable. i guess just one last comment of it like to make, if i may, i was also engaged in the cruise ship terminal environmental advisory committee, meeting with the group's windy pier was being considered, and even though that did not materialize, the environmental agreements that we made for the cruise ships during that time are still legacy protocol for the cruise ships to prevent them from discharging into the bag. >> thank

i don't care that these marines urinated on savages. so what. a former military prosecutors on 9 news now at 7:00. >> this kind of conduct is made a violation of the law of war first because it's wrong. it's still immoral conduct even though you can sometimes relate to the horrors and frustrations of the battlefield. >> visitors to the memorial that honors marine traditions worry that some -- >> will try to demonize the entire forces of the marine corps which has a lot of individuals that are not this type of character. >> the marine corps did something that's like the statue behind me, its pride, its honor, and that wasn't pride and honor for me. >> more than 100,000 marines remain in afghanistan. a taliban statement making it clear the tape increases the risks to those forces. >> the americans will see with their own eyes the increased anger and hatred of the afghan people. >> david martin reading a taliban statement. to understand the anger of afghan seeing the video, it may help to remember the incensed outrage and fury felt by americans whe

regiment those marines are from.gine, the outrage very much so the immediate. i want to read part of a statement coming from afghan president hamid karzai "act by american soldiers is simply inhuman and condemnable in the strongest possible terms. quoting a taliban spokesman "this is a barbaric act. over the past ten years, there have been hundreds of similar cases not revealed." leon pan net at that time vowing a full investigation because of this released a statement. in part it says this "i have seen is the foot and and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable. i condemn it in the strongest possible terms." today the timing, it's terrible. this video came out just as the u.s. has announced it would try to restart peace talks with the taliban. and than brings me back to my guest, reserve marine captain timothy kudo. immediately your visceral reaction to the video. >> you know i'm absolutely disgusted by this. both as a marine and as an american. but i'll say that this is not widespread. this is the act

believe you me, marines are going to do drugs. they're going to do it. >> because i was in the navy for ten years and christian carney was a marine, we did have an initial bond, and it did honestly rub me the wrong way because i feel like when you take an oath of honor and courage and commitment, you need to stand behind the code of the united states marine corps. and to see him justifying his actions as far as the drug use and the drug dealing, it did bother me. it did bother me. >> in our final interview with carney who served seven months in iraq and was awarded a good conduct medal, he once again smoke more like a marine than a convicted drug dealer and murder suspect. >> since i've been in jail i've been reduced to living out of a paper bag, i've recognized my potential. this has enabled me to recognize my potential. and i believe that sometimes in order to come up strong, you have to be put down as far as you can go. you have to be pushed to the absolute limit that you can be pushed, and to see if that's going to destroy you

marines about this controversial video we've been showing you apparently showing other marines urinatingtan. and he talked to me about the realities of war. he's been to afghanistan and iraq and he talked about how this impacts the safety of troops serving there right now. that conversation coming up. through diet and exercise, alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. let's fight fat with alli. ♪ >>> as we warned you at the top of the hour, what we will show you you will most likely find disturbing. it shows marines apparently urinating on corpses. cnn has now learned the marine corps believes it has identified two of the men. last hour i show with tim hi cuedo. here he is. >> you know, i'm absolutely disgusted by this, both as an a marine and an american, but i will say this is not widespread. it's the act of a few individuals that's acted in complete opposition to what the marine corps stands for. >> as a captain, what would you have done if the men were under your command? >> immediately detain them, investigate them, i think you would pass what happened up

marine corp. is launching an investigation. they want to nail this down as fast as they can. who are these people in the video? are they in fact marines? where were they serving? what transpired here and can they bring charges against these people. this is desecration of dead bodies in a war zone. are there charges to be brought, legal action to be taken under the military justice system? >> what can you tell us about what clues there are within the video? >> there are plenty of clues and they may be able to give focus on this very quickly. senior marine i spoke to said, just look at that picture. you see those marines carrying sniper rifles. you see them with very specific helmets on that are very particular to marine sniper teams. shorter front, shorter sides, so the marines could hold their sniper rifles up to their faces when they take a shot. marine sniper teams usually travel in a six-man unit in very isolated areas. that may be how this happened. they are very aware of what sniper teams tha

you're on a sniper team, you're an elite marine, are you not? >> sure, but life in a rifle company in combat is pretty darn brutal, particularly in afghanistan. so these marines are under fire or exposed to being ripped apart by ieds half the days they were in afghanistan. they had just killed these three people who i assume were shooting at them. this is primitive behavior. but this doesn't call for a national embracing of this as a failure of our system, never mind our proud, effective, courageous marine corps. >> let's talk about this showdown with iran. a lot of moving parts here, we have got this issue in the straits of hormuz. how concerned are you about iran not heeding the warnings of the u.s. military here about these actions in the straits? >> i think we ought to pay a lot of attention to it. it doesn't make any sense for a mill tire force been employed by anyone in the persian gulf. this is 20% of the world's global oil coming out through the straits of hormuz. i think widely people have discounted it, saying, oh, come on, they have n

the military officials have told the bbc at least two of the marines have been identified. they are believed to be based in north carolina. the condemnation has been universal. >> this is absolutely inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel and that is the vast majority of our military personnel, particularly our marines, hold themselves to. >> this is not the first time the troops have been accused of breaching the rules of war. they are investigating it and going to punish those responsible. containing the damage to their reputation is harder. this man says that u.s. troops have committed a crime and should leave the country. the president has demanded an investigation. the biggest fear is that this will damage the talk of peace talks with insurgents but the taliban says that the political process is separate and still stands. tens of thousands of american troops have served in afghanistan and iraq over the past 10 years. there have been times of excess and moments of abuse. we asked one military veteran t

it shows a semicircle of four men wearing what appear to be marine combat uniforms. they are urinating on what looks like corpses of taliban fighters. the marine corps has released a statement which says in part, the asks portrayed are not consistent with our values and are not indicative of the character of the marines in our corps. >> there is a lot of pressure and guys find ways to do things just to blow off steam and unfortunately, when they're not as disciplined as they should be and most of the marines and soldiers are and there is a lack of leadership, stuff like that can happen. >> we already have some reaction on this video. the council on american-islamic relations is calling this apparent des station of the dead and the juno agrees it is likely a violation of the geneva convention. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a form are soldier from maryland accused of trying to join a terrorist group will remain locked up. craig baxam is from laurel. federal prosecutors say he tried to joan a somalia based terrorist organization. he was arrested in kenya and brought ba

marine corps values. the youtube video has been shown around the world, u.s. marines standing over what appears to be dead afghans and urinating on their corpses. we're showing you a still image and blurring out offensive parts. >> you can't justify. it's just wrong. >> reporter: richard is is a u.s. marine who fought at vietnam. he said it appears the ma roons in the photograph are not under attack and there's no excuse for their behavior. >> once the fight is won, it's time to stop. >> condemning the deplorable behavior. >> secretary of state hillary clinton. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american be values. >> pentagon officials say they know who is in the video, marines from camp lejeune. now the white house describes the video in three words. >> deplorable, reprehensible and unacceptable. >> the video comes at a bad time when parties are stepping up efforts to establish a peace agreement. >> any time something like that happens, you always get a little tarnish. >> pentagon officials say they

american marines appearing to urinate on dead taliban fighters. >>> this is 9news now. >> the marine corps has begun to investigate a video that appears to show marines urinating on dead taliban fighters. >> it may damage peace negotiations and put u.s. military men and women at risk of retaliation. gary nurenberg has the video and the story. >> reporter: let's show it to you first keeping it in mind we had to clean it up for broadcast. the video appears to show a sniper team from third battalion second marines based in north carolina urinating in afghanistan on dead bodies described of those as taliban fighters. the men joke throughout the 39 second posting. >> how do you like the shower. >> reporter: the marine corps times reports the military is trying to identify the apparent marines and will investigate. the council on islamic relations condemn what it calls the desecration of the dead. the marine corps told the associated press the actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values. a navy spokesman called it egregious behavior. but the writer is also hearing another rep

more tonight from martha. >> marine corps has now identified these 4 marines as part of the third battalion lejune, north carolina. they have names of 2 of the marines and are looking for i.d. on the others. these are not just any marines. theory let highly trained scout snipers. the 4 are seen not only urinating on dead bloody insurgent but one heard saying have a great day buddy. u.s. officials today condemned the tape. witht( secretary of defense panetta saying i have seen the footage and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplor deplorable. >> any one found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct, must be held fully accountable. >>reporter: marines could face charges of bringing discredit to the armed forces and lengthy prison sentences. video also reminiscent twovt,000 4 torture scandal at abu ghraib prison in iraq that cause ld worldwide outrage achlts to the marine corps tapes the taliban called the images shocking but said it will not affect peace talk which were just made public today but going on forever a year. this is abc news, pentagon. >>

these marines have disgraced the marine corps and the country. >> did you think that these kinds of incidents happen more often or less often than in previous conflicts? is it the nature of communications today and to get these on line quicker? >> perhaps less often if you look at the official u.s. propaganda in the second world war the way in which the japanese photo was dehumanized. you could imagine how that would translate down to the squad and the platoon level. the difference today is that with the advent of smart phones, a diffusion of various media, this kind of thing can go viral immediately. on one hand, that is a good way to convince soldiers and marines, do not do this kind of thing. it will get out. when something like this happens, it can have an outside the fact that maybe previous atrocities would not have. this kind of thing always happens during a war. the effect of the media has really changed. >> when you served in iraq and afghanistan, you put yourself in position of the soldiers serving and what impact this would have on their mission day to day. >> probably not much. ma

the marine corps has now identified these four marines as part of the 3rd battalion 2nd marines from camp lejeune, north carolina. they have names of two of the marines and are looking for i.d.s on the others. these are not just any marines. they are elite, highly-trained scout snipers. the four are seen not only urinating on dead, bloodied insurgents. but one is heard saying, have a great day, buddy. u.s. officials today condemned the tape. with secretary of defense leon panetta saying, i have seen the footage. and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable. >> anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct, must be held fully accountable. >> reporter: the marines could face charges of bringing discredit to the armed forces and lengthy prison sentences. the video is also reminiscent of the 2004 torture scandal at abu ghraib prison in iraq, which caused worldwide outrage. as to these marine corps tapes, the taliban called the images shocking. but said, it will not affect peace talks, which were just made public today but had been going

two of their marines were killed by a u.s.geted them in the midst of an intense firefight, the first incident of its kind since drone strikes began. it was gunnery sergeant vega's job to help the men get through it. at 33, he's like the elder statesman and big brother of this group. and even though he's one of four marines in his family, this was the first time he had been allowed to deploy with one of his brothers. >> hector vega: knowing that your brother's here, you almost have to put yourself at a different state of mind, if you will, to where, if something does happen, how are you going to react? what are you going to say? what are you going to do? i role play, psychologically, prepare myself. >> logan: do you have a speech? something you would say to his wife? something prepared? >> hector vega: no. how can you prepare, lara, for things like that? how can... what... what can you possibly say? >> logan: in all your years you've been in the marines, 17 years, have you ever seen this many brothers together serving at the sa

that these marines wee weed on murderous savages, they won, victory tinkles so what? 9news now at 7:00 -- >> this kind of conduct is a major violation of the law of war, first because it's wrong, it's still immoral conduct even though you can sometimes relate to the horrors and frustrations of the battlefield. >> reporter: visitors worry that some -- >> will try to demonize the entire armed forces, the marine corps which has a lot of individuals that are not this type of character. >> the marine corps to me is something of -- that's like this statue behind me, it's pride, it's honor. and that -- that wasn't pride and honor for me. >> reporter: more than 100,000 marines remain in afghanistan. a taliban statement making it clear it increases the risks to the american forces. >> the americans will see with their own eyes. >> reporter: david martin reading is taliban statement -- to understand the anger of afghans at seeing the video, remember the incensed outrage and fury felt by americans when our troops were dragged through the treats of mega-- streets of mogadishu aft

marines urinating on bodies in afghanistan. the marines have been interviewed by commanders. not been released. u.s. government and military officials earlier condemned the incident and warned this incident may undo some of the peace efforts in that area. >> we do condemn and deplore this incident. it needs to be investigated. it's incompatible with the standards we expect from our military. we also have a lot of important work to do in afghanistan and with afghans. >> we are joined by general charles swift from seattle. good to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> what are military officials assessing as they try to figure out what charges, if any, should be imposed on these four marines, if it is four, perhaps more. >> from the respect to the four marines. the investigation will focus on more be the four marines. the four could be charged for desecrating a body when is recognized as a war crime. >> what does that potentially mean for them? if you're convicted of those war crimes, what sentence could come with that? what potential punishment? >> it could include jail time or

reporter: an official with the united states marine corps says two of the four marines shown in a video urinating on four dead taliban fighters have been identified. they were attached to the third battalion second marines that returned home to north carolina last fall. the obama administration meanwhile is trying to assess the damage. >> is it absolutely inconsistent with american values. reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton echoed a statement by defense secretary leon panetta promising punishment for those involved. >> anyone found to have or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. reporter: at the u.s. marine corps memorial reaction ranged from disappointment to disgust. >> the american military, makes it kind of embarrassing when you're married to a service member that wouldn't do something like that. >> i'm a little disappointed. i think that the image that the marines and all the military do for our country shows a level of respect. reporter: but the fallout involves more than just bad taste. paraamerican groups say the marines' actio

marine corps. the response all the way up to the secretary of state has been correct. >> thank you so much for coming in. >> sure thing. >> one more footnote on the u.s. armed forces. a military tribunal is up recommending a court martial for bradley for providing thousands of secret documents to wikileaks. the tribunal chief believes that the grounds exist that he committed those things that he was accused of. when a fruit cellar set himself on fire in tunisia, he sparked a revolution that changed the arab world. we have uncovered alarming statistics suggesting that he triggered a trend. despite the overthrow of the hated regime and the arrival of democracy, hundreds of technicians continue to set themselves not hundreds of -- hundreds of tunisians continued to set themselves alight. >> last month, a man lit himself with a match. he survived but he is here at the burn unit in the capital. he says that he deliberately copied the actions of the man that began the tunisian revolution. he has not beco

marines depicted in this video belong to the third battalion 2nd marines. it was apparently taken last year because they returned in september to their base in north carolina after serving in afghanistan. this today from secretary of state hillary clinton. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values. with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> afghan president hamid karzai called it completely inhumane. damage control begin immediately in several corners of the world including san francisco. today major general ronald bailey spoke at the marines memorial club and promised the men will be dealt with accordingly. >> what those marines did not meet what the standards of our corps. we talk leadership, honor and commitment, that is not what we represent in that video. >> the video went viral on the internet. it's short, only 37 seconds, but there could be long term consequences. for now, the u.s. had been inching closer to peace talks with taliban leaders. they monitor 44 tv stations in the arab world. >> we are hearin