Marines Charged for Abusing Taliban Corpses
Pissing on the dead is rude, wherever you go
Two U.S. Marines have been charged in connection with a video TMZ posted, showing at least two American soldiers urinating on the corpses of deceased Taliban fighters, TMZ has learned … and the men are also facing allegations involving a grenade launcher.
According to the USMC, the Marines -- Staff Sergeants Joseph W. Chamblin and Edward W. Deptola -- have been charged for "violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice" for their involvement in the urination incident.
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