Panetta: Investigate Marine urination scandal

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghan President Hamid Karzai to promise an investigation into a video apparently showing United States Marines urinating on the Afghan corpses, and he issued a statement condemning the act.

“I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Panetta said in a statement, according to the American Forces Press Service (AFPS).”I have ordered the Marine Corps and ISAF commander [Marine Corps] Gen. John Allen to immediately and fully investigate the incident . . . Those found to have engaged in such conduct will be held accountable to the fullest extent.”