Are we supposed to be outraged by this? I’m not, these are animals and should be treated as such.

Via Guardian:

The US marine corps has opened an initial investigation into photographs from a celebrity gossip website that purport to show marines burning corpses in Iraq in 2004.

While the corps has yet to verify that the photos are genuine, TMZ.com published eight photographs on Wednesday that appear to show marines in the Iraqi city of Falluja pouring gasoline on corpses, mugging for the camera next to human remains, and the remains of burned bodies.

Captain Ty Balzer, a marine corps spokesman, said that the marines received the photos from TMZ late last week, and has begun looking into them to determine if a further, more formal inquiry is warranted.

“We are currently are investigating to determine the veracity of the photos, what the circumstances depicted in them are, and if possible, the identities of the service members involved. The results of that will determine whether we are able to move forward with any investigation into possible wrongdoing,” Balzer said Wednesday.

Desecration of corpses is a potential violation of the laws of war and the US uniform code of military justice. “You don’t desecrate the bodies of guys you’ve been in a shootout with,” said Eugene Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School.