WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burned copies of the Koran.
U.s. Troops Punished Over Koran Burning, Urination Video
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Mon, 08/27/2012 - 5:10pm
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