Posted on 05/17/2008 5:09:19 PM PDT by Prole
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A soldier used the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology on Saturday.
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond apologizes after a soldier admitted using the Quran for target practice. Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, apologized to leaders in Radhwaniya, in the western outskirts of Baghdad, for the staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader assigned to the headquarters of the 64th Armored Regiment.
He also read a letter of apology by the shooter. It was the first time the incident -- which tested the relationship between U.S.-backed Sunni militiamen and the military -- was made public since it was discovered May 11. "I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others at the apology ceremony.
"In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers." Another military official kissed a Quran and presented is as "a humble gift" to the tribal leaders.
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“Our Country won’t go on forever if we stay soft as we are now! There won’t be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!” ~ Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, USMC
No kidding. Blech....
A single shot of .50 BMG makes confetti out of one.
Toilet paper?????
He shouldn’t be shooting that cult book in Iraq but it should be banned in the United States.
This sickens me.
Whatever you think of the Koran, openly defiling one in a country where we’re trying to get people on our side is extremely dumb.
In all fairness, if Iraq were here removing violent, extremist Christians from our neighborhoods then used the Bible as a target, you’d all be screaming for an explanation and apology as well.
Seriously, the inability for some of you to think outside your personal space is rather unsettling.
I have a .40 cal.S&W Sigma that will do the trick too.
The chapters about killing Jews and non-muslims are especially disgusting.
The bottom line is that there are many non-PC Soldiers in the ranks today, and we are seeing what happens to them.
They get into deep excrement the instant they demonstrate any behavior outside of the politically correct crap being shoved down our throats.
It's all in keeping with the "Islam is a Religion of Peace" LIE.
The Army is fast becoming the last place a non-PC American should find himself.
Can you imagine General Patton being forced to kiss "Mein Kampf" during his apology ceremony to the Nazis?
Seriously, you should have the PC removed, and soon.
I can think of a lot less sanitary uses for there
book of lies. Amen.
Where is his cigar??
I don’t think what he did was too bright. I am wondering if he did it to get out of Iraq.
I don’t think this was a political incorrect incident, it was stupidity. He doesn’t realize how much damage this could have cause and the additional lives he put at risk because of it.
There would be people here on FR who would be upset if a Bible had been used for target practice.
I still can't quite picture General Patton begging for forgiveness of the Nazis and giving "Mein Kampf" a big, fat smooch and kneeling.
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