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The Council on American-Islamic Relations - CAIR: Article Contents: "'MARINES' CHEER SONG ABOUT KILLING IRAQI CIVILIANS
Song's lyrics: 'I blew those little f**kers to eternity'

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Pentagon and Congress to investigate a music video posted on the Internet that seems to show U.S. Marines cheering a song that glorifies the killing of Iraqi civilians.

CAIR said the four-minute video, called 'hadji girl,' purports to be a 'marine in iraq singing a song about hadji.' (A 'Hajji' is a person who has made the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, but the term has often been used as a pejorative by U.S. troops in Iraq.) The song, posted online in March, tells of a U.S. Marine's encounter with an Iraqi woman. It has been viewed by almost 50,000 people.

The song's lyrics include: 'I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me. As the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally. . .I blew those little f**kers to eternity . . .They should have known they were f**king with the Marines.' Members of the audience, not shown in the video, laughed and cheered wildly for these lyrics."

LINKS TO THE VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTh9ZYS6Flc

http://www.cair.com/video/marine-hadji-girl.wmv