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From LiveLeak:
The U.S. Marine Corps said it is investigating the origins of a video posted on the Internet that claims to show Marines urinating on the corpses of insurgents.
The video, which surfaced on Web sites Wednesday, portrays four Marines in combat gear laughing as they urinate while standing over three bodies of Taliban militants, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
From TMZ:
In the video, one of the urinating men can be heard saying, “Have a great day, buddy.”
Another guy jokes about the situation … saying, “Golden like a shower.”
The mystery person who posted the video included a caption that reads, “scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd marines out of camp lejeune peeing on dead talibans.”
The Marines have said they will investigate fully.
In the Congo (DRC), rape is an every day occurrence. They are then shunned by their families and communities. Masika Katsuva is taking in those women and trying to make a difference in their lives.
FIELD OF HOPE PREVIEW from STUDIO 9 FILMS on Vimeo.
“We women have something precious that everyone seems to be after. ” – Masika Katsuva
In a corner of Eastern Congo (DRC), Masika Katsuva is planting rows of seed in a field. Masika and the women farming with her are all survivors of the worst brutalities imaginable, multiple rapes and violent assaults.
The field is their hope, their therapy and their source of food and income.
They come to this refuge as victims, punished by the violation of rape, blamed and rejected by their families and the local community.
Masika becomes a mother figure to the women and their children – the results of rape – and as they plant, tend, harvest and finally sell their crops they begin to heal together.
A Studio 9 Film produced, directed and filmed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies.
The CNN article is graphic and difficult to read, but everyone should.
Like so many women survivors, she too was rejected when she and her two teenage daughters were raped by militia men. Her husband was murdered in front of her, chopped up and she was forced to eat his private parts.
I know I write a lot about the western world and how our privacy and civil rights have been compromised or taken away, yet I can still leave my house on a daily basis and never worry about being raped multiple times before I return home. Rape should never be an acceptable part of your daily life.
You can find out more at CNN, reddit, and Masika’s website. Elections will be held on November 28, 2011, but will anything change?
If you’d like to help out and donate, you need to do it directly with your bank.
