Soldiers decry video showing taunting of Iraqi children [View All]

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Source: WRAL

Fayetteville, N.C. — Soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg expressed concern Friday about a video that appeared on Facebook showing two young Iraqi boys apparently being taunted by a U.S. soldier.

The 30-second clip shows the two boys standing side by side on a dusty road, and the photographer asks them if they're gay and engage in homosexual acts. The boys smile and nod, but it's unclear whether they understand English.

"Are you going to grow up to be a terrorist? Yeah! All right! Cool! Yeah, terrorists! Woo!" the photographer says.

The boys smile and give a thumbs-up signal.

"Are you going to plant IEDs?" the photographer asks. "Yeah, awesome!"

The older boy apparently realizes at this point that they are being mocked, and he holds down the younger boy's arm.

The video was posted May 14 on the Facebook page of Robert Rodriguez and titled "future gay terrorists."

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Army Staff Sgt. Veronica Jones, who is stationed at Fort Bragg, called the video a case of "stupidity and boredom" that shouldn't reflect on most military members.

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