PENTAGON CALLS ONLINE SONG INSENSITIVE, INAPPROPRIATE
Music video contrary to the high standards expected of all
Marines
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/13/06) - The U.S. Marine Corps today said it
agrees with a prominent national Islamic advocacy group that a
video posted on the Internet apparently showing Marines cheering a
song that glorifies the killing of Iraqi civilians is insensitive
and inappropriate.
Yesterday, the Washington-based Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Pentagon and
Congress to investigate the four-minute video posted in March on
the youtube.com website.
SEE: 'Marines' Cheer Song About Killing Iraqi Civilians
http://www.cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=2184&theType=NR
The video, called hadji girl, purports to be a marine in iraq
[sic] singing a song about hadji. (A Hajji is a person who has
made the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, but the term has often been
used as a pejorative by U.S. troops in Iraq.) The song tells of a
U.S. Marines encounter with an Iraqi woman. It was viewed by
almost 50,000 people. (The video was removed from the youtube.com
website after CAIR issued its news release.)
The songs lyrics include: I grabbed her little sister and put her
in front of me. As the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from
between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally. . .I blew those
little f**kers to eternity . . .They should have known they were
f**king with the Marines. Members of the audience, not shown in
the video, laughed and cheered wildly for these
lyrics.
WTF.... Watch the video here..
http://www.cair.com/video/marine-hadji-girl.wmv
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5883927,00.html
