And during the video of Nick Burg, his throat was cut open and his blood splashed on the holy grounds of Canaan.
Holy Moslem warriors, I ask, what had you desecrated that day?
Posted on 06/03/2005 4:38:21 PM PDT by Kokojmudd
By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon on Friday confirmed for the first time that a U.S. soldier deliberately kicked a Guantanamo Bay prisoner's Muslim holy book in violation of the military's rules for handling the Quran.
In other confirmed incidents, prison guards threw water balloons in a cell block, causing an unspecified number of Qurans to get wet; a guard's urine splashed on a detainee and his Quran; an interrogator stepped on a Quran during an interrogation; and a two-word obscenity was written in English on the inside cover of a Quran.
The findings are among the results of an investigation last month by Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, the commander of the detention center in Cuba, that was triggered by a Newsweek magazine report - later retracted - that a U.S. soldier had flushed one Guantanamo Bay detainee's Quran down a toilet.
The story stirred worldwide controversy and the Bush administration blamed it for deadly demonstrations in Afghanistan.
Last week, Hood disclosed that he had confirmed five cases of mishandling of the Quran, but he refused to provide details. Allegations of Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay have led to anti-American passions in many Muslim nations, although Pentagon officials have insisted that the problems were relatively minor and that U.S. commanders have gone to great lengths to enable detainees to practice their religion in captivity.
Hood said last week that he found no credible evidence that a Quran was ever flushed down a toilet. He said a prisoner who was reported to have complained to an FBI agent in 2002 that a military guard threw a Quran in the toilet has since told Hood's investigators that he never witnessed any form of Quran desecration.
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I'll admit my questions were rhetorical in nature, however common sense continues to beg the question.
I am sick of the MSM which demands us to tear the 10 Commandments out of our public buildings is going out of their way to dignify that Krapistan Koran
An interrogator was fired over this! I am furious! Since when is it a crime to mistreat a book, any book, in America?
Yawwwwn. So what.
You'd love it if is done right. Cook a whole hog for about 12 hrs slowly basting with the eastern NC sauce. The tomato based sauces hide the flavor of the pork.
Wonder how many Moslem brethren will be killed in rioting this weekend?
We know who you are, yankee dog! We come for you in the night! You can not talk about damaging the book of our peaceful religion!
Urine splashed as well actually.
I would love to see the White House call them out on this. Do you remember when the White House Press corp asked that Bush admin why he is trying to tell Newsweek how to do their job. I would have loved it if the White House would have said you do that to us everyday, and we do whine about it like you are doing now. Of course in my fantasy only.
KC or Memphis. YUMMY!
NC. YUCKY!
Did it all the time living in the Research Triangle area...hated it. So much good pork wasted just pulling at it like that.
I just don't like the vinegar base. There is a guy in southeast Arkansas that makes a cross between tomato and vinegar sauce...it's quite tart and light brown. I'ts called Craig's and my wife just loves it served over his smoked, sliced pork. Comes out of an old, run down little shack... the best place for BBQ.
I don't either, I am just talking about how it will be spun.
Seriously, can we move on already?
This is not a scandal. The MSM is so out of touch with the American public.
I live in Raleigh. Sorry to hear you don't like the vinegar based sauce. To each his own. When I do ribs, I use a tomato based sauce with vinegar, molasses, and spices. I understand where you're coming from. Maybe you got a bad batch of sauce?
Well Sir, and I must say sir considering our common heritage, I welcome your redemption..but only after you have freed Atlanta. After that, "Bring it on."
Ahhh, I just looked at Drudge Report and this is where the headline came from... he has.... Story confirmed headline.. I sent him an email telling him to change it.
Those are taxpayer funded KORANS also, so I figure that the troops that are guarding these animals have more rights than they do, to do anything they want to them....
they are helping pay for them...
I think we should petition our congresscritters to get the Pentagon to take away all Korans, then these things won't happen, and it will save a lot of money....maybe they will be able to take one base off the BRAC list!!!
Holy Moslem warriors, I ask, what had you desecrated that day?
I'm sorry but this has to be a stretch by the Socialists in the MSM. The U.S. military has "rules" about how to handle the Koran? ROTFL!!!! Gimme a break. I wonder if they have "rules" about handling the Holy Bible also. The "media" cracks me up.
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