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Photos Show Marines Burning Bodies in Iraq

HeadlineJan 16, 2014

The Pentagon has opened a probe following the publication of graphic photographs appearing to show U.S. marines burning dead bodies in Iraq. The website TMZ says the images were taken in Fallujah in 2004. They show U.S. soldiers pouring gasoline on the bodies of victims described as slain Iraqi militants. Others show the bodies’ charred remains and a U.S. soldier posing next to a skull.

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