原创翻译——《华盛顿邮报》：视频显示美军士兵在尸体上 ...

Video appears to show troops urinating on corpses
录像显示军队往尸体撒尿

Posted at 05:11 PM ET, 01/11/2012
By Craig Whitlock

The Marine Corps said Wednesday that it is investigating the origins of a video on the Internet that purports to show Marines in combat gear urinating on the corpses of three Taliban insurgents.

周三，美国海军陆战队称正对网上一视频来源进行调查，该视频似乎显示身着作战服的海军陆战队员向三具塔利班尸体撒尿。

The brief video, which runs for less than a minute, began circulating on Web sites early Wednesday. It depicts four Marines laughing as they relieve themselves while standing over three prostrate bodies.

这个不到一分钟的简短视频于周三早间开始在网上传播，描绘了四名欢笑中的海军陆战队员站在倒地的三具尸体边上小解。

A caption asserts that the Marines are part of a scout sniper team with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, an infantry unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C. Members of the unit were deployed to Afghanistan last year but returned in September.

片中注解称这些士兵隶属于第二海军陆战队第三营的一支侦察狙击手分队，这是一个来自北卡罗来纳州Lejeune营的步兵队伍。该队伍的成员于去年遣往阿富汗，九月份返国。

Capt. Kendra N. Hardesty, a Marine Corps spokesman, said officials would “fully investigate” the matter but so far have been unable to verify the video’s authenticity or if members of the battalion were involved.
“The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps,” she said in a statement.

海军陆战队发言人Capt. Kendra N. Hardesty称官方将＂彻查＂此事，但目前尚无法确定视频的真实性以及该营的成员是否卷入其中。她说：＂画面显示的行为与我们的核心价值观不符，不能反映我们海军陆战队员的品格。＂

There was no way to determine independently where the video was filmed or the identities of those involved.

邮报无法独立确定该视频的拍摄地及所涉人物的身份。

The caption refers to the corpses as “dead Talibans,” but it was unclear if they were civilians or fighters killed after a battle. The bodies are dressed in Afghan-style clothing; the chest of one male corpse appears to be soaked in blood.

片中注解将尸体称为＂死塔利班＂，但不淸楚他们是平民还是阵亡的战士。这些尸体身着阿富汗服装，一名男子的胸口似乎血肉模糊。

Digital videos and photography have become increasingly common on the battlefield and many of the amateur productions wind up on the Internet. On occasion, the trend has caused severe embarrassment for the U.S. military, or in rare cases, such as the Abu Ghraib scandal in Iraq, triggered international controversy and legal action against those involved.

数字视频及照片在战场上愈发普及，许多业余作品流入互联网。这一趋势不时地陷美军于难堪境地；在罕见情况下，如伊拉克阿布格来布监狱丑闻还引发了国际争端，并让涉事人员官司缠身。

The Pentagon has sent mixed messages on social media, reviewing troops’ blogs for inappropriate content and classified information at the same time as it has encouraged units and commanders to communicate through Facebook. In embracing social media the Pentagon has effectively acknowledged that it simply cannot stop the flood of data and images from the battlefield.

五角大楼对社交媒体态度暧昧，一方面审查战士的博客以制止不良信息和机密，另一方面又鼓励团队们和司令员们通过脸谱交流。五角大楼拥抱社交媒体，事实上承认了军方无法阻止来自战场的数据与画面洪流。

In 2010, members from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division photographed themselves posing with corpses of Afghan civilians who were gunned down by a self-proclaimed “kill team” of rogue soldiers. In that case, however, the Army confiscated hundreds of photographs and successfully kept them out of the public domain.

2010年，来自第二步兵师第五Stryker战斗旅的成员与阿富汗平民尸首合影，这些平民被自称为＂杀人队＂的流氓士兵射杀。在这起案子中，军方没收了数百张照片并成功阻止其流入公共领域。

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视频链接在原文找，俺实在没有勇气看。

Video appears to show troops urinating on corpses
录像显示军队往尸体撒尿

Posted at 05:11 PM ET, 01/11/2012
By Craig Whitlock

The Marine Corps said Wednesday that it is investigating the origins of a video on the Internet that purports to show Marines in combat gear urinating on the corpses of three Taliban insurgents.

周三，美国海军陆战队称正对网上一视频来源进行调查，该视频似乎显示身着作战服的海军陆战队员向三具塔利班尸体撒尿。

The brief video, which runs for less than a minute, began circulating on Web sites early Wednesday. It depicts four Marines laughing as they relieve themselves while standing over three prostrate bodies.

这个不到一分钟的简短视频于周三早间开始在网上传播，描绘了四名欢笑中的海军陆战队员站在倒地的三具尸体边上小解。

A caption asserts that the Marines are part of a scout sniper team with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, an infantry unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C. Members of the unit were deployed to Afghanistan last year but returned in September.

片中注解称这些士兵隶属于第二海军陆战队第三营的一支侦察狙击手分队，这是一个来自北卡罗来纳州Lejeune营的步兵队伍。该队伍的成员于去年遣往阿富汗，九月份返国。

Capt. Kendra N. Hardesty, a Marine Corps spokesman, said officials would “fully investigate” the matter but so far have been unable to verify the video’s authenticity or if members of the battalion were involved.
“The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps,” she said in a statement.

海军陆战队发言人Capt. Kendra N. Hardesty称官方将＂彻查＂此事，但目前尚无法确定视频的真实性以及该营的成员是否卷入其中。她说：＂画面显示的行为与我们的核心价值观不符，不能反映我们海军陆战队员的品格。＂

There was no way to determine independently where the video was filmed or the identities of those involved.

邮报无法独立确定该视频的拍摄地及所涉人物的身份。

The caption refers to the corpses as “dead Talibans,” but it was unclear if they were civilians or fighters killed after a battle. The bodies are dressed in Afghan-style clothing; the chest of one male corpse appears to be soaked in blood.

片中注解将尸体称为＂死塔利班＂，但不淸楚他们是平民还是阵亡的战士。这些尸体身着阿富汗服装，一名男子的胸口似乎血肉模糊。

Digital videos and photography have become increasingly common on the battlefield and many of the amateur productions wind up on the Internet. On occasion, the trend has caused severe embarrassment for the U.S. military, or in rare cases, such as the Abu Ghraib scandal in Iraq, triggered international controversy and legal action against those involved.

数字视频及照片在战场上愈发普及，许多业余作品流入互联网。这一趋势不时地陷美军于难堪境地；在罕见情况下，如伊拉克阿布格来布监狱丑闻还引发了国际争端，并让涉事人员官司缠身。

The Pentagon has sent mixed messages on social media, reviewing troops’ blogs for inappropriate content and classified information at the same time as it has encouraged units and commanders to communicate through Facebook. In embracing social media the Pentagon has effectively acknowledged that it simply cannot stop the flood of data and images from the battlefield.

五角大楼对社交媒体态度暧昧，一方面审查战士的博客以制止不良信息和机密，另一方面又鼓励团队们和司令员们通过脸谱交流。五角大楼拥抱社交媒体，事实上承认了军方无法阻止来自战场的数据与画面洪流。

In 2010, members from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division photographed themselves posing with corpses of Afghan civilians who were gunned down by a self-proclaimed “kill team” of rogue soldiers. In that case, however, the Army confiscated hundreds of photographs and successfully kept them out of the public domain.

2010年，来自第二步兵师第五Stryker战斗旅的成员与阿富汗平民尸首合影，这些平民被自称为＂杀人队＂的流氓士兵射杀。在这起案子中，军方没收了数百张照片并成功阻止其流入公共领域。

华邮原文http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... P_blog.html?hpid=z2

视频链接在原文找，俺实在没有勇气看。