US military dogged by Youtube leaks 2008 - Puppy-throwing video emerges In March 2008 a video emerged that appeared to show an American Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff in Iraq. The footage provoked widespread outrage death threats. Lance Corporal David Motari was kicked out of the Corps as a result and a second Marine was disciplined. 2005 - "Ramadi madness" A National Guard unit deployed to Iraq made its own crude documentary of its time in Iraq. Much of the footage was benign but some showed soldiers jokingly manipulating bodies of dead Iraqis. In one scene soldiers appear to beat a wounded detainee and draw on another with marker pen. The video was removed from the internet but no charges were brought against the soldiers. A military spokesman said their behaviour was "inappropriate rather than criminal.