Marine expelled for throwing puppy over cliff in Iraq

[cbc5g]

Another consequence of having no mission and being in Iraq for no reason.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080612/D918ACR00.html

HONOLULU (AP) - The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.

The 17-second video posted on YouTube drew sharp condemnation from animal rights groups when it came to light in March.

The clip shows two Marines joking before one hurls the puppy into a rocky gully. A yelping sound is heard as it flips through the air.

"That's mean. That's mean, Motari," an off-camera Marine is heard telling the Marine who tossed the black and white dog. The off-camera Marine snickered slightly afterward.

Lance Cpl. David Motari, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay, is "being processed for separation" from the Marine Corps, the Marine Corps said in a news release. He also received unspecified "non-judicial punishment."

The Marine Corps didn't say what role Motari played in the clip.

The video was viewed tens of thousands of times before YouTube took it down because of a violation of the site's terms of use.

"The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated," Marine Corps Base Hawaii said in a news release. "The vast majority of Marines conduct their duties with honor and compassion that makes American people proud."

The second Marine, Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion, also received unspecified "non-judicial" punishment.

Encarnacion is assigned to the Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

First Lt. Binford Strickland, a Marine Corps Base Hawaii spokesman, said the service may not reveal what roles the two men played in the video because that was part of the investigation. He said releasing such information would violate the Privacy Act.

Strickland declined to provide details about the disciplinary measures taken against the men for the same reason.

[greenman3610]

1. so it WAS real

a lot of people assumed it was fake

[tularetom]

2. Throw a puppy over a cliff - get out of Iraq

What's wrong with this picture? This piece a shit is essentially being reward for an act of cruelty. .

[uppityperson]

3. Steven Green syndrome. Have public notice of a horrific act,

get out of jail free card.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. And he was serious? He wasn't trying for a Section 8 to get out of Iraq?

[bluestateguy]

5. A dishonorable discharge will follow that asshole everywhere he goes in life

nt

[Buzz Clik]

6. Oy. I love puppies, but compare this to Haditha.

The Marines in that incident are slowly having their charges dropped.

What kind of message is all this sending to the Iraqis? (Probably the message we've been sending all along.)

[acmavm]

7. EXACTLY!!! I was sitting here wondering when the Marine Corps

will do something about cold-blooded murderers in their midst.

[vharlow]

8. I love puppies, too, but.....

I think the proper comparison would be to what treatment they
got from Al Queda.  

[Buzz Clik]

9. al Qaeda has been targeting puppies with their atrocities? Those barbarians!

[AlCzervik]

10. al-queada targeted puppies? Do you have a link? Nice font btw.

[AlCzervik]

11. is this you?

http://www.defendingthetruth.com/members/vharlow.html

[Echo In Light]

12. Nice find. Oh, those devious authoritarians!

[damntexdem]

13. Uh oh, a lot more puppies are going to die in Iraq, ....

so marines and soldiers can get out of Iraq.