Military

Panetta Orders Investigation of Video, Vows Accountability

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 12, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta released a statement today strongly condemning the actions of a small group of Marines depicted in a video that began circulating online yesterday.

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The video shows four Marines apparently urinating over three enemy corpses in Afghanistan.

The secretary’s statement said he has seen the footage and finds the behavior depicted in it “utterly deplorable.”

“I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Panetta said. “I have…

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