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3/4/08: The Marine Who Tossed The Puppy

SOURCE OF INFORMATION / BACKGROUND

ХааPuppy Torture Video & Related Comment Links
ХааVIDEO: Soldier David Motari hurls puppy to his death
ХааVIDEO: US Soldier throws puppy off cliff
ХааMarine in animal cruelty probe
ХааPETITION: Stand Against Puppy-Killing Soldiers

KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:
ХааAmerican Soldier Shoots Yet Another Poor Dog In Iraq?
Хаа1/19/07: Latest Casualty: Soldiers Torment Crippled Dog In Iraq

The Moron	аааа	His Accomplice
PHOTOS extracted from video circulating Internet showing a Marine and a fellow soldier as the first hurls a puppy off a rocky cliff. www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/43462/9fb16ab3/us_soldaat_gooit_puppy.html
A Fatal Toss...	аааа	The Marine Who Did It?

CONTACT INFORMATION + SAMPLE LETTER

CONTACT INFORMATION • Print/Send This Letter

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
    Brigadier General Robert E. Milstead, Jr.
    Director, Marine Corps Public Affairs
    Division of Public Affairs - Command Element
    CMC (PA), Headquarters Marine Corps
    3000 Marine Corps; Pentagon 4B548
    Washington, DC 20350-3000
    ph: 703-614-1492/4080/8010; fax: 703-697-5362
    email: robert.milstead@usmc.mil
    SOURCE: www.marines.mil/pashops/ pashops.nsf/pa%20shops

    General Michael Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps
    ph: 703-614-1034; fax: 703-614-2358
    email: comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII
    Colonel Mark A. Dungan, Commanding Officer
    Richard A. Kirby GS12, Staff Secretary
    Office of the Commanding Officer
    Marine Corps Base Hawaii
    Box 63002; MCBH Kaneohe Bay, HI 96863-3002
    ph: DSN-457-8877, 808-257-8877; email: richard.a.kirby@usmc.mil
    website: www.mcbh.usmc.mil/
    SOURCE: img218.imageshack.us/ img218/1131/mortaridz9.jpg

    Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Public Affairs Office
    c/o Community Relations Section
    Box 63002; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 96863-3002
    ph: 808-257-8840, 808-257-8875
    general email: MCBH.PAO.CR.FMB@usmc.mil
    Maj Christopher Perrine: 808-257-8841; email: christopher.perrine@usmc.mil
    SOURCE: www.mcbh.usmc.mil/, www.mcbh.usmc.mil/pao/press.htm

    Military Police Department, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
    Box 63062; Kaneohe Bay, HI 96863
    Provost Marshal: 808-257-2103, ext 330
    Provost Sergeant: 808-257-2103, ext 328
    Criminal Investigation Division: 808-257-1305
    SOURCE: www.mcbh.usmc.mil/mp/default.htm

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    PUBLIC CONTACT - ph: +1 703-428-0711 +1
    U.S. Department of Defense ASK A QUESTION/SEND A COMMENT:
    www.defenselink.mil/faq/questions.aspx
    SOURCE: www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html

    Dr. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
    U.S. Department of Defense
    1000 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-1000

    Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
    1010 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-1010
    SOURCE: www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/ dod_addresses.html

EMAIL BLOCK, all emails found for this alert:
robert.milstead@usmc.mil, comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil, richard.a.kirby@usmc.mil, MCBH.PAO.CR.FMB@usmc.mil, christopher.perrine@usmc.mil

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United States Defense Leaders and Marine Corps:

Thank you for addressing the Marines recently videotaped taunting a defenseless puppy. I urge you to aggressively investigate this crime and take prompt punitive action.

As you know, a man identified as David Motari dangles a black and white dog by the scruff of the neck, cooing: "Cute little puppy." Another unnamed soldier baby-talks: "Ah, so cute, so cute...little puppy." To the horror of global Internet viewers, Motari then hurls the animal over a cliff into a rocky gulch. The dog, who looks about 12 weeks old, squeals while flying through the air. We hear a thud far below, signifying the dog's certain death.

"That was mean Motari," the unknown Marine jokes. Motari shrugs and grins.

The question is not WHO the victim is, but WHAT is done to him or her. Criminologists view the brutality of an act, regardless of the victim's identity, as a precursor to future violence. Animal cruelty is a key trait in the American Psychiatric Association's criterion for conduct disorders. David Motari displays characteristics associated with sociopaths.

ASPCA's Randall Lockwood, Ph.D. — who aids cruelty investigators, law enforcers and court officials — describes violence against small or non-threatening creatures unlikely to retaliate as a forerunner to assaulting children, women, the elderly, or other vulnerable victims.

I respectfully ask the Military Police Department of Hawaii, where Motari is stationed, to conduct a thorough probe. If Motari and other suspects are apprehended, please advocate maximum penalties for aggravated cruelty and intentional killing of a companion animal. Certainly, Motari and his accomplice ought to undergo psychological counseling.

This is not the first video leak of soldiers tormenting animals in Iraq. I hope this case prompts Defense Department officials to make regulatory changes for animals in war zones. Specifically, I encourage the DOD to:
• Insert and enforce an anti-cruelty clause in the Universal Code of Military Justice.
• Utilize non-lethal vaccination to cope with rabies in war zones.
• Implement an adoption system that lets soldiers bring vetted pets back to the U.S. with them.

The men in the video do not represent other brave men and women who serve our country. This is all the more reason to pursue rigorous judicial action against the few who sully America's moral repute.

Thank you for holding animal abusers accountable for their violent crimes.

Sincerely,

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