Will the 'Puppy thrown off cliff by Marine' story be disproved as a hoax?

The investigation seems to be centered here: http://federalism.typepad.com/crime_federalism/2008/03/david-motari-ab.html

"The video is blurry and it’s difficult to tell whether the puppy is a toy or real, alive or dead." (http://heraldnet.com/article/20080303/NEWS01/367822819)
And you propogate such rumors by setting up a wager here? I'm amazed....You, should be ashamed.

Rumors? The Marines are investigating it so are they in the business of "propogating rumors"?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4387128&page=1

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/04/puppy.marine/?iref=mpstoryview

Someone shot the video...it seemed as though the people in the video were aware it was being shot. It ended up on the internet...I presume by someone close enough to the situation to have obtained the video. Yet, you're accusing the person who wrote the question of "propagating rumors." It seems to me the individuals involved wanted the attention. Don't treat them like they are some kind of victim just because the attention turned out to be negative. Anyone in the military, legally, must be an adult, and therefore should be mature enough to consider the consequences of their actions.

...his or her actions. Sorry, just committed a grammar pet peeve of mine.

Official statement from the Marine Corps. Apparently they likd to propogate rumors too....

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/releaseview/7F00CEF1D09E9EBA852574020061B983?opendocument

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/11/1564886-marine-expelled-another-punished-over-puppy-video

"The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq."
Still doesn't say if it was real or a hoax. I agree with the Corps...hoax or not, it was in extremely bad taste: "The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated..."
But again, we still don't know if a marine threw a live puppy of of a cliff.