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ACT/ The Soldier Who Tossed The Puppy KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN Be counted. Send a letter. E-petitions don't work... SAMPLE LETTER & CONTACTS BELOW 3/4/08: The Soldier Who Tossed The Puppy http://www.KinshipCircle.org The Moron

His Accomplice A Fatal Toss... Marine Who Did It? VIDEO: http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/43462/9fb16ab3/us_soldaat_gooit_puppy.html http://digg.com/people/US_Soldier_throws_puppy_off_cliff_(video)?t=13323218 EMAIL kinshipcircle FOR WORD DOC OF A FORMATTED LETTER. Please customize the below letter and copy/paste it into an email or print out to fax or mail. =========================================================== FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample letter follows. =========================================================== 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 General Michael Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps ph: 703-614-1034; fax: 703-614-2358 email: comrel 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

Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Public Affairs Office c/o Community Relations Section Marine Corps Base Hawaii Box 63002; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 96863-3002 ph: 808-257-8840, 808-257-8875 email: MCBH.PAO.CR.FMB 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 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PUBLIC CONTACT: ph: +1 703-428-0711 +1 U.S. Department of Defense ASK A QUESTION/SEND A COMMENT: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/questions.aspx 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 =========================================================== EMAIL BLOCK: All emails found for this alert. =========================================================== robert.milstead, comrel, richard.a.kirby, MCBH.PAO.CR.FMB EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR SENIOR DEFENSE LEADERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. If you feel strongly about this issue, please take the time to print out your letter to send by fax/mail

to the contacts without email addresses. GET FORMATTED LETTER, WORD DOC: kinshipcircle The e-petition circulating about this is largely useless. There is no government or military official who will seriously consider an Internet petition with unverifiable signatures. *Kinship Circle cannot guarantee validity of email addresses. During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their email addresses. Emails from government or corporate websites may be incorrect. =========================================================== SAMPLE LETTER -- This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue. Try to shorten and personalize your letter before sending. =========================================================== 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 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. 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 an anti-cruelty clause in the Universal Code of Military Justice. * Utilize non-lethal vaccination to cope with rabies in war zones. * Permit soldiers to 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, =========================================================== SOURCE OF INFORMATION / REFERENCE LINKS =========================================================== * Puppy Torture Video & Related Comment Links http://www.buzzfeed.com/link/Puppy_Torture_Video/david_motari_-_is_this_the_man_behind_the_video * VIDEO: Soldier David Motari hurls puppy to his death http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/43462/9fb16ab3/us_soldaat_gooit_puppy.html * VIDEO: US Soldier throws puppy off cliff http://digg.com/people/US_Soldier_throws_puppy_off_cliff_(video)?t=13323218 * Marine in animal cruelty probe http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23317978-5006003,00.html * PETITION: Stand Against Puppy-Killing Soldiers http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fight-puppy-killing-soldiers KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: *

American Soldier Shoots Yet Another Poor Dog In Iraq? http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_10.html#anchor6 * 1/19/07: Latest Casualty: Soldiers Torment Crippled Dog In Iraq http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1626 & seriesfirst=true Action Campaigns I Literature I Animal Disaster Aid Networking info or kinshipcircle http://www.KinshipCircle.org * http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/ PLEASE

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