InfoAnda - Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks |

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

EU urges Israel to share Jerusalem | | 8 December 2009
Hollywood studio Paramount axes top executives | Entertainment | | 21 June 2009
Exclusive: Apple, Samsung chiefs disagree on patent values: source | | 24 July 2012

Nokia Siemens, German unions agree on 1,600 job cuts | | 24 March 2012

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks |

Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Home Business Business Home Economy Davos 2012 Technology Media Small Business Legal Deals Earnings Summits Business Video Markets Markets Home U.S. Markets European Markets Asian Markets Global Market Data Indices M&A Stocks Bonds Currencies Commodities Futures Funds peHUB World World Home U.S. Brazil China Euro Zone Japan Mexico Russia India Insight World Video Politics Politics Home Election 2012 Issues 2012 Candidates 2012 Tales from the Trail Political Punchlines Supreme Court Politics Video Tech Technology Home MediaFile Science Tech Video Opinion Opinion Home Chrystia Freeland John Lloyd Felix Salmon Jack Shafer David Rohde Bernd Debusmann Nader Mousavizadeh James Saft Lucy P. Marcus David Cay Johnston Bethany McLean Edward Hadas Hugo Dixon Ian Bremmer Mohamed El-Erian Lawrence Summers Susan Glasser The Great Debate Steven Brill Geraldine Fabrikant Breakingviews Equities Credit Private Equity M&A Macro & Markets Politics Money Money Home Global Investing MuniLand Unstructured Finance Linda Stern Mark Miller John Wasik Analyst Research Alerts Watchlist Portfolio Stock Screener Fund Screener Personal Finance Video Life & Culture Health Sports Arts Faithworld Business Traveler Entertainment Oddly Enough Lifestyle Video Pictures Pictures Home Reuters Photographers Full Focus Video Article Comments (6) Video Full Focus Editor's choice A selection of our best photos from the last 24 hours. Full Article Images of December Best photos of the year Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Ohio woman loses appeal on "White Only" pool sign 12 Jan 2012 Republicans rally behind Romney on Bain charges | 12 Jan 2012 U.S. has "ideas" on Iran scientist killer: Panetta 12 Jan 2012 Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks | 12 Jan 2012 Stephen Colbert Enters the Presidential Race 12 Jan 2012 Discussed 201 Huntsman outraged at ad targeting adopted daughters 123 Buffett to GOP: You pay and so will I 120 Gay marriage a threat to humanity’s future-Pope Watched U.S. Marines probe video of men urinating on Taliban corpses Wed, Jan 11 2012 Critics raise the alarm over U.S. police drone plans Wed, Jan 11 2012 Bungee jumper plummets into Zimbabwe river Sun, Jan 8 2012 Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Analysis: Is Marine desecration video a new Abu Ghraib? Thu, Jan 12 2012 Afghan abuse video reinforces Arab suspicion of U.S. Thu, Jan 12 2012 New Afghanistan assessment reflects split U.S. views Thu, Jan 12 2012 Analysis & Opinion Talk to the Taliban Failing to learn: US resumes drone attacks in Pakistan Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Related Video U.S. Marines probe video of men urinating on Taliban corpses Wed, Jan 11 2012 NATO calls Marine video "despicable" Afghans shocked at Marine video Clinton condemns "deplorable behavior" in Marine video U.S. soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan November 28, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Umit Bektas By Mirwais Harooni and Phil Stewart KABUL/WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:35pm EST KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation on Thursday but the insurgent group said it would not harm nascent efforts to broker peace talks. The video, posted on YouTube and other websites, shows four men in camouflage Marine combat uniforms urinating on three corpses. One of them jokes: "Have a nice day, buddy." Another makes a lewd joke. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the video, describing the men's actions as "inhuman" and calling for an investigation, in a statement on Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta telephoned Karzai to denounce the actions in the video as "deplorable" and to say it would be investigated immediately, the Pentagon said. General Martin Dempsey, the top U.S. military officer, said actions depicted in the video were illegal. The U.S. military has identified two of the four Marines in the video so far, a Marine Corps official told Reuters, adding the Marine Corps believed the images were authentic. But the Pentagon stopped short of offering an official confirmation that the video was real and Panetta said there was not yet a "firm conclusion" on the matter. The video is likely to stir up already strong anti-U.S. sentiment in Afghanistan after a decade of a war that has seen other cases of abuse. That could complicate efforts to promote reconciliation as foreign troops gradually withdraw. "Such action will leave a very, very bad impact on peace efforts," Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the Afghan government's High Peace Council, told Reuters. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, seeing a glimmer of hope after months of efforts to broker talks, is launching a fresh round of shuttle diplomacy this weekend. Marc Grossman, Obama's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will fly into the region for talks with Karzai and top officials in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. One immediate goal is to seal agreement for the Taliban to open a political office in the Gulf state of Qatar. Despite concerns when the video emerged that it would not help efforts to build confidence among the warring parties, a Taliban spokesman said although the images were shocking, the tape would not affect talks or a possible prisoner release. "We know that our country is occupied," he said. "This is not a political process, so the video will not harm our talks and prisoner exchange because they are at the preliminary stage." CONCERN FOR MORE PROTESTS Panetta said he had ordered the Marine Corps and the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan to investigate and said anyone found responsible will be punished. "The danger obviously is this kind of video could be misused in many ways not only to undermine what we are trying to do in Afghanistan but undermine the potential for reconciliation. There is a danger there," Panetta told reporters on a trip to Texas. "But I think if we move quickly - if we conduct this investigation and hold these people accountable - we send a clear signal to the world that the U.S. is not going to tolerate that kind of behavior and it doesn't represent the United States as a whole." General James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said in a statement the video "apparently depicts Marines desecrating several dead Taliban in Afghanistan." He said he had asked the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to examine the incident and had set up another internal inquiry headed by Marine officers. A Marine officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that all of the Marines in question were believed to be from the 3rd Battallion, 2nd Marines, which is based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, at the time of the incident. That unit served in Afghanistan from March to September 2011, the official said. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he was not aware of whether President Barack Obama had seen the video. News of the footage had yet to spread in Afghanistan - a country where a minority has access to electricity and the Internet is limited to a tiny urban elite - but Afghans who were told about what the tape appears to show were horrified. "It may start with just video footage but it will end with demonstrations around the country and maybe the world," said 44-year-old Qaisullah, who has a shop near Kabul's Shah-e-dushamshera mosque. Anti-American feeling has boiled over, or been whipped up, into violence several times in Afghanistan in recent years. Protests over reports of the desecration of the Muslim holy book have twice sparked deadly riots. The tape also sparked anger across the Middle East and in Internet chatrooms, prompting reference to earlier scandals involving U.S. soldiers' treatment of prisoners in Iraq and the killing of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. "This is the embodiment of the strong assaulting the weak. It's nothing new for the Americans, it only adds to what they have done in Abu Ghraib prison. This a breach of the sacredness of Islam and Muslims," said Othman al-Busaifi, 45, in Tripoli. The U.S. military has been prosecuting soldiers from the Army's 5th Stryker Brigade on charges of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians while deployed in Kandahar province in 2010 and cutting off body parts as war trophies. "They cut off ears and fingers and keep them as medals, and urinate on bodies, then they talk about civilization," wrote user Abu Abdullah al-Janubi on one forum. CRITICAL TIME The video was released at a critical time for what U.S. officials hope might become authentic talks on Afghanistan's political future. In Kabul, Grossman will seek approval from Karzai - whose support for a U.S. effort he fears will sideline his government has wavered - to move ahead with good-faith measures seen as an essential precursor to negotiations that could give the Taliban a shared role in governing Afghanistan. The diplomatic initiative includes a possible transfer of Taliban prisoners from the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A breakthrough would mark a milestone for the Obama administration, struggling to secure a modicum of stability in Afghanistan as it presses ahead with its gradual withdrawal from a long and costly war. The United States and its allies aim to withdraw combat troops by the end of 2014. (Additional reporting by Missy Ryan, Andrew Quinn, Laura Macinnis and Warren Strobel in WASHINGTON, Ali Suaib in TRIPOLI, Firouz Sedarat and Andrew Hammond in DUBAI; Writing by Emma Graham-Harrison and Jackie Frank; Editing by Eric Walsh and John O'Callaghan) World Afghanistan Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (6) deftdrummer wrote: Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Back to top Reuters.com Business Markets World Politics Technology Opinion Money Pictures Videos Site Index Legal Bankruptcy Law California Legal New York Legal Securities Law Support & Contact Support Corrections Advertise With Us Connect with Reuters Twitter Facebook LinkedIn RSS Podcast Newsletters Mobile About Privacy Policy Terms of Use Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance Our next generation legal research platform Our global tax workstation Thomsonreuters.com About Thomson Reuters Investor Relations Careers Contact Us Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.

Other News on Friday, 13 January 2012
Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake |
Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid |
Carter says Egypt army unlikely to give up all powers |
Polish court: martial law imposed by criminal group |
Cuba moving some state-run cafes into private hands |
Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism |
Target to host boutiques, and Apple, in stores |
Silicon Valley calls the help desk on Volcker rule |
Sweden gives digital piracy advocate religion status |
Dish to shut more Blockbuster stores than planned |
Films? Stars? Who Cares. Globes' spotlight on Gervais |
Oprah Winfrey glad to break tether from talk show chair |
Book of Lil Wayne jail diaries to be published |
Bill Cosby muses on life in latest book |
Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks |
Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe |
Arab League head warns of possible civil war in Syria |
Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake |
Pakistan party lobbies allies for support; tension high |
Myanmar starts freeing more political prisoners |
Chinese dissident goes into exile in U.S., says was tortured |
Japan vows concrete steps to cut Iran oil reliance |
Canada says marriages of foreign gays invalid |
Norway mass killer to get second mental exam: reports |
GPS dogtags and glass PCs: the show's hits and misses |
China iPhone sales halted after shoppers pelt Apple store |
Author of U.S. online piracy bill vows not to buckle |
Exclusive: TPG willing to invest $1 bln in Olympus joint deal |
Lawmakers press Homeland Security on Internet monitoring |
Target to host boutiques, and Apple, in stores |
Kodak eyes bankruptcy cash from Citigroup: report |
Google appoints VMware co-founder to board |
Actress Heather Locklear in hospital after 911 call |
The Artist, The Help big Critics' Choice winners |
Nicki Minaj, Foo Fighters to perform at Grammys |
Sheeran leads BRIT nominations, Adele eyes return |
Harry Potter, Katy Perry big People's Choice winners |
Brotherhood claim 46 percent of Egypt parliament |
Tunisians feel pride, despair on revolt anniversary |
Nigeria unions suspend strikes in fuel dispute |
Italy's crisis opens doors to cash-rich mafia |
Danish court fines Kurd TV for promoting terrorism |
GPS dogtags and sacred kangaroos: hits and misses at CES |
Banks start playing games with your money |
Telcos to halt mobile network spending spree |
UK student faces U.S. extradition in copyright case |
AVG Technologies files for IPO of up to $125 million |
India court warns Web giants about China-style controls |
Travel Picks: World's top 10 film festivals |
No Ferguson extradition over Turkey film: UK source |
Oprah Winfrey glad to break tether from talk show chair |
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph	VPN on MacOSX	BlogMeter 1.01