When the U.S. Marines tout their slogan of "a few good men," one has to wonder if the rest of the Marines are just assholes like Lance Cpl. Ted J. Boudreaux Jr. The Marine has prompted complaints from an Islamic civil liberties group after a photograph surfaced in which Boudreaux is standing alongside two Iraqi boys - both giving the thumbs-up and holding a sign that reads, "Lcpl Boudreaux killed my Dad, then he knocked up my sister!"

"If the U.S Army is seeking to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people," commented Council on American-Islamic Relations' executive director Nihad Awad, "this is the wrong way to go about it." The Washington-based group asked the Pentagon to investigate the matter. The Marines say they have questioned Boudreaux, a Marine reservist who was stationed in Iraq from May through September of 2003. The investigation was completed last week, but the next course of action hasn't been made public.

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