Fallout From The Desecration Of Dead Taliban Soldiers -- News Roundup

4 Marines In Video ID'd; Could Face Charges -- CBS News

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as "deplorable" on Thursday.

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports all four Marines in the video have now been identified, and charges could be brought within hours.

As investigators begin the job of determining who is guilty of what crime, the Marines are asking themselves a more basic question: "what made these guys think they could get away with this?"

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More News On The Fallout From The Desecration Of Dead Taliban Soldiers

US Defense Chief Condemns Alleged US Abuse of Taliban Corpses -- Voice of America
Panetta orders probe of video allegedly showing Marines urinating on dead Taliban -- FOX News
Top U.S. Officials Condemn Afghan Corpse Abuse Video -- Radio Free Europe
Video of Marines outrages U.S., Afghan officials -- L.A. Times
DOD out to stem backlash from incendiary video -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. acts quickly to tamp down Afghan video scandal -- Washington post
US assures Afghans of full probe of Marines video; outrage has not stopped peace talk efforts -- Washington Post

US Marines identify Afghanistan 'urination' troops -- BBC
US investigators interview Marines filmed urinating over Taliban corpses -- The Telegraph
Two Marines in urination video interviewed -- CNN
Marines identify two of the men in urination video -- Rediff
Two marines face charges over Taliban corpse abuse -- Sydney Morning Herald
Marines Face Potential Prosecution for Desecrating Afghan Corpses in Video -- Bloomberg

Marine Video Outrage Not Stopping Peace Talk Moves -- ABC News/AP
Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks -- Reuters
Taliban: Video of Marines urinating on Taliban dead won't harm potential Afghan peace talks -- New York Daily News

Marines Worried About Desecration Video's Impact On Afghan Operations -- NPR
Video Inflames a Delicate Moment for U.S. in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Lara Logan: Video a "gift for the Taliban" -- CBS
Soldiers react to US Marine urination video -- BBC
Outrage at Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban Corpses: A Veteran's View -- Time
Analysis: Is Marine Desecration Video a New Abu Ghraib? -- New York Times/Reuters
Could the 'Urination Video' Become a Defining Image of the Afghan War? -- Yochi Dreazen, The Atlantic

My Comment: What is my take of this incident .... this post sums it up.