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In Qatar, it is a crime to make fun of the country's flag

(CNN) The U.S. ambassador to Qatar apologized to the government Thursday after a video featuring two U.S. soldiers laughing caused some to believe they were insulting the country.

The video , posted to YouTube, shows the soldiers as they talk into a camera, standing in front of a pair of U.S. and Qatari flags.

The soldier on the left laughs as he says in a slightly slurred voice that he's speaking from "an unknown disclosed location in a place called ..." -- then makes an indistinct sound to further indicate his location is secret.

He gestures at the Qatari flag behind him in an exaggerated fashion, while the second soldier is laughing.

The second soldier regains her composure and tells her colleague they "need to be serious," before breaking into laughter again. That prompts a voice off camera to chime in, "This is as serious as it gets."

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