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. Marine’s 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 song’s 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.wmvhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5883927,00.html
