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Video Of Hawaii Marine Throwing Puppy Spurs Probe
Thousands Of People Saw Clip on YouTube.com

POSTED: 9:06 pm HST March 3, 2008
UPDATED: 5:27 am HST March 4, 2008

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- The Marines on Monday responded to a
video clip on YouTube.com showing what appears to be a Kaneohe-based
Marine throwing a puppy while in Iraq.

The video shows two Marines talking as one holds a puppy by the back of
the neck before throwing the dog over what appears to be a cliff. There is
the sound of a dog yelping as the puppy is seen flying in the air.

The clip has been viewed by thousands of people on the Internet, with
several e-mailing Honolulu TV news media

The leadership at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe said they are
investigating the case and that they do not tolerate such behavior.

"This is a shocking and deplorable video that contrary to the high
standards we set for every Marine. We will investigate this and take
appropriate action," Maj. Christopher Perrine said.

Officials said they believe the Marine in the video is a lance corporal
who returned to Hawaii in October from Iraq.

Thousands of people viewed the clip that lasted about 17 seconds. Many
left messages on YouTube.com saying they were outraged by what they saw.

"The act itself is atrocious and just to see the disregard for life is
just troubling," Hawaii Humane Society spokeswoman Kawehi Yim said.

Others said they believed the clip was staged and not real.

The Marines said while they will look into what happened. They want to
determine whether the video clip is authentic.

"We need to find out who is this person, is this a legitimate video? Was
it edited?" Perrine said.

YouTube.com pulled the clips uploaded onto its site involving the Marine
and the puppy by the late afternoon.

Officials at the Hawaii Humane Society said they were horrified by what
was on the video.

"People have been e-mailing and calling outraged that one, that the act
occurred and secondly that there appears to be little remorse," Yim said.

If the video is authentic, the Marines involved could face judicial
charges, a reduction in rank and pay and a court-martial. They could also
be discharged.

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This obviously is not the fault of the marines, but it makes me wonder why
the military recruitment process doesn't do more than it is doing now to
"screen" new blood.


While we may hate each other to the core- at least we can agree on our
discust of the american military.


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