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Breaking according to BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16973868
US Marine sniper unit photographed with 'Nazi SS' flag
9 February 2012 Last updated at 13:35 ET
US Marine scout sniper unit in Afghanistan posed for a photo in front of a flag resembling the logo of the Nazi SS, the Marine Corps says.
In a statement, a Marine spokesman said use of the SS symbol was not acceptable, and that the Corps had now addressed the issue.
The spokesman did not specify what action had been taken
Marines in the September 2010 photo, taken in Sangin, Afghanistan, are no longer in that unit, he added.
Lawlbringer
(550 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)izquierdista
(11,689 posts)Because it's too close to the truth?
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)They should give more details...were they just moved to another unit.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)We could argue all day about who was photographed with a Nazi flag, but the truth is, our star-spangled fightin' men are on the front lines of freedom, so, uh, U!S!A!
zbdent
(35,392 posts)to Israelis ...
lpbk2713
(42,775 posts)How many rpm's is Chesty Puller doing right about now?
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Chuuku Davis
(565 posts)the real Scout/Sniper symbol for some units.
LarryNM
(493 posts)Person who allegedly took the photo, Tayler Jerome, is into such right wing propaganda organizations as Generation Opportunity according to his Facebook page.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I'm really not surprised by this
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)there has been a pretty long history of open or thinly veiled neo-nazism in the armed forces...I remember when McVeigh and OKC happened and the WaPo and NYT went to Bragg to retrace his steps and this was one of many rocks they kicked over...
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Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)mmonk
(52,589 posts)would not have been pleased had he seen that (he fought the Nazis).