the horrific attack on two US Marines in Turkey the troubling imagees tonight a mob placing a bag over the head of one of the Marines tonight Martha rit's here and what she's learned it was a stunning incident captured on tape a mob attacking a US Marine in civilian clothes in Western turkey forcing a bag over his head when a fellow Marine jumped in to help he was grabbed as well with the attackers yelling in English Yankee go home local police and some nearby Marines in Turkey on a port call quickly intervened and the attackers who identify as nationalists opposed to US influence were arrested this is clearly a troubling incident in terms of uh the reaction of the Marines uh certainly very proud of the professionalism of our service members uh and and most importantly that they're safe the Marines were not injured but taken to the hospital as a precaution then returned to the warship the USS Wasp arrived in the aanc port on Sunday after taking part in training exercises with Turkish forces this is not the first time Turkish nationalist groups like this have attacked us service members most of those incidents including this one said to be in protest of US policy in the Middle East David Martha RIT live in Washington thank you Martha