Marines identify unit ‘urinating’ on Taliban bodies

THE US Marines have identified the unit whose forces are suspected of being behind a video appearing to show them urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a Marine officer.

The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Marines in question were believed to be from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, which is based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The video prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a US investigation, but the insurgent group said it would not harm nascent efforts to broker peace talks.