Posted on 05/18/2008 12:58:54 PM PDT by rocksblues
BAGHDAD (AP) - An American soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the U.S. military, a spokesman said Sunday.
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Iraqi police found the bullet-riddled Quran with graffiti inside the cover on a small-arms range near a police station in Radwaniyah, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, U.S. military spokesman Col. Bill Buckner said in an e-mailed response to a query.
The shooting, which occurred May 9 and was discovered two days later, threatened to further strain relations between the Americans and Sunni allies who have joined forces with them against al-Qaida in Iraq in Radwaniyah and other areas.
The incident was first reported by CNN, which broadcast a ceremony at which the top American commander in Baghdad apologized to tribal leaders in Radwaniyah. The military confirmed the details in an e-mailed response to a query.
"I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond was quoted as saying. "In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers."
The military statement called the incident "serious and deeply troubling" but stressed it was the result of one soldier's actions and "not representative of the professionalism of our soldiers or the respect they have for all faiths."
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I sure hope that was a sarcastic joke.
if it was the Bible the media would be claiming “free speech”
Sometimes, ah, let me change that, most of the times the main stream news sounds more like a bunch of gossipy trouble makers. You know there is such a thing as not blabbing every little incident. This kind of news only causes more division and doesn’t help anyone.
Yeah they did, & most of the Eastern churches condemned Israel for the whole incident. The men responsible were deported & received by various countries instead of punished. Pathetic, huh?
I didn’t see the sarcasm tag, either.
Maybe we should alert the FBI and BATF.
Tis a terrible thing, better to keep it and use it for toilet paper.
Ooooooo! Not our beloved 'Sunni allies'! Frankly, I don't care if the Sunnis, the Lunnis, and the Munnis all take their camels and ride off a cliff. I've never seen a more presumptuous, arrogant bunch of savages in my life, or a people less deserving of the gift of American lives.
This story can never be posted too many times. What happened again? Someone took a leak on a Korean?
“An American soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad”
MY GOD!!!! I am stuned! This is SERIES! The ONLY important question at this point can possibly be....How good was his grouping?
That soldier is welcome to my home for dinner anytime. Geez. The media really likes to perpetrate the PC junk.
DING DING DING, We have a winner!
US military: soldier shot at Quran for practice
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oops, reminds me that I forgot toilet paper when at the market today
OMG!! Who give a RIP about this issue??
That afternoon, the priest who hung out at the college was going through the trash bins retrieving the Bibles that were thrown in them. He was a good and decent priest, and I think his heart was broken by what many of the students had done with those Bibles.
That story never even got into the school papers much less the local news.
They kill our soldiers without a thought. Some poor smuck says I have had enough. You all agree with the enemy!
First thing that popped into my mind. ;-)
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