US Identifies Marines in Urination Video
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U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters.
The Naval 2 Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry 3 into the video, has also reportedly questioned two of the men.
The four were members of a 1,000-man battalion 4 from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Two of the men had moved onto other assignments before the video appeared on the Internet.
Officials say the men were members of a sniper unit in the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines. The group was deployed 5 in the southern Afghan province of Helmand for seven months before returning home in September of last year.
Top U.S. officials, including Defense 6 Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have condemned 7 the video, Panetta calling it "utterly 8 deplorable."
On Friday, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan expressed his outrage 9 over the video.
General John Allen, currently traveling in the United States, said such acts must be condemned in the "strongest manner possible." He also said those responsible would be held accountable.
Several officials say that if the incident is confirmed, the Marines involved could be charged with war crimes for not treating the bodies of those killed in war honorably.
The video appears to show Marines in combat uniforms urinating on three corpses 11. In the footage, one person suspected of committing the act says "have a nice day," referring to one of the dead.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke 12 by phone Thursday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and affirmed there will be a serious probe into the incident.
Mr. Karzai said his government is "deeply disturbed" by the video, calling the act "simply inhuman 13."
A Taliban spokesman said while the video is "shocking," he did not think it would derail peace talks with the United States.
The commandant of the U.S. Marine 1 Corps 10 said he has requested the Marines and U.S. Navy conduct separate investigations 14 into the video. He said the Marine Corps remains 15 committed to upholding the Geneva Convention, the laws of war and its own core values.
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
adj.海军的，军舰的，船的
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
n.营；部队；大队(的人)
- The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
- At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adv.完全地，绝对地
- Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
- I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )
- The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的
- We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
- It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
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