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Pentagon apologizes at local mosque for Quran burning
wlja.com ^ | 2/24/12 | abc7

Posted on 02/24/2012 1:52:05 PM PST by ColdOne

STERLING, Va. (AP) - A senior Pentagon official is apologizing to Washington-area Muslims for the burning of Qurans at a military base in Afghanistan.

Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asia and Pacific security affairs, says the military is investigating and that all troops are being retrained in the handling of religious materials.

Lavoy's remarks were Friday at a mosque in suburban Washington, D.C. They come after protests across Afghanistan over the burning of several Qurans at a U.S. military base. Military officials say 20 people have died in the protests, including two U.S. soldiers.

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1 posted on 02/24/2012 1:52:09 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Just wondering if they pentagon ever apologized to our troops when they took their Bibles and burned them; out of consideration for the Afghan’s of course. Didn’t want to offend them by our guys having Bibles in their country.


2 posted on 02/24/2012 1:55:32 PM PST by SkyDancer ("No Matter How The People Vote There Will Always Be A Federal Judge To Over Turn It")
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To: ColdOne

Oh get over it, good gried.

Between this and the “Chink in the armor” crap. No wonder real, pressing issues don’t get addressed.


3 posted on 02/24/2012 1:55:46 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (MERRY CHRISTMAS to the ACLU)
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To: ColdOne

Our country has no guts. We are a nation of PUS____!


4 posted on 02/24/2012 1:55:57 PM PST by crazydad
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To: ColdOne

I wonder if he was ordered to do this and who it was that ordered him to do it. Or, did he just take it upon himself to go apologize. Remember 9/11? Guess what. The muzzies won the “War on Terror”. We seemed to have done a lot of flag waving and huffing and puffing for nothing. They won and took over our country.


5 posted on 02/24/2012 2:01:12 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for the DemocRAT voter base to start paying their "fair share" of taxes.)
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To: ColdOne

F.U. Peter Lavoy

idiots like this have made the US Gov’t is the most pro-sharia institution that exists in the world.

By slavishly following and attending to every radical Muslim grievance, and treating Islam as a uniform monolith from Afghanistan to N. Virginia - they are doing more to promote the notion of the supremacy of Islam. Its more than Osama bin Laden ever hoped to achieve.


6 posted on 02/24/2012 2:02:57 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ColdOne

Why would they go to a mosque to say “I am so sorry, please forgive us” in the first place... you mean a statement or a phone call is not good enough (not that I am for giving an apologize - but that is a whole of issue).


7 posted on 02/24/2012 2:06:17 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: crazydad

Even the Pentagon has been emasculated. Un-freakin’-believable.


8 posted on 02/24/2012 2:06:42 PM PST by SoKatt ("Change" is not a strategy!)
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To: ColdOne

“Lavoy’s remarks were Friday at a mosque in suburban Washington, D.C.”

Which mosque? I think I can guess, but haven’t seen it identified yet in any news reports.


9 posted on 02/24/2012 2:10:02 PM PST by thouworm (.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It happened pretty much the way OBL said it would. Only problem for him was his brother ruining his retirement.


10 posted on 02/24/2012 2:10:36 PM PST by ichabod1
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To: ColdOne



11 posted on 02/24/2012 2:11:18 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: ColdOne

There are rumors that an intense attack(s) will occur, not just Taliban but “civilian” Afghan nationals with no ties to terrorist groups, joining the chorus of “Kill all Westerners”. I wonder if the Pentagon/current Administration will allow the soldiers over there to defend themselves?


12 posted on 02/24/2012 2:16:19 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: ColdOne
So, now instead of fighting and killing our enemies, our Pentagon is groveling and apologizing to them?

Sweet.

Bring the troops home. The war is lost.

The next step is this...


13 posted on 02/24/2012 2:17:46 PM PST by Gritty (ItÂ’s hard to win a war when you donÂ’t have war aims - Mark Steyn)
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To: ColdOne

Have we have gone to the Devil...???


14 posted on 02/24/2012 2:19:33 PM PST by Leep (Dueling tag lines=don't worry,you'll be a vegetable guy soon<>It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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To: thouworm; ColdOne
Lavoy’s remarks were Friday at a mosque in suburban Washington, D.C.

Which mosque? I think I can guess, but haven’t seen it identified yet in any news reports.
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Answering my own question:

Lavoy apologized multiple times during a brief speech during prayer services at the ADAMS Center in Sterling, one of the largest mosques in the country.

Source
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"The Axis of Islam in Northern Virginia is defined by Dar Al Hijrah mosque (AKA the 9/11 Mosque) in Falls Church and the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center mosque in Sterling (it takes two distinct points to define a line or axis, doesn't it?)." Northern Virginiastan

15 posted on 02/24/2012 2:24:57 PM PST by thouworm (.)
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To: ColdOne

When a country elects a muslim as its president, this is what you can expect to happen.


16 posted on 02/24/2012 2:25:22 PM PST by Bryanw92 (The solution to fix Congress: Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!)
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To: ColdOne

When “Muslim Ass Kissing” finally becomes an Olympic event, we’ll stand a very good chance of taking the gold.


17 posted on 02/24/2012 2:27:38 PM PST by VR-21 (God save us from Mister Magoo Republicans.)
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To: ColdOne

did I miss 0bama’s outrage over the killing of American service men and a demand for an apology along with restitution for the family?

they really wouldn’t want me as president. this issue would have been over before it started


18 posted on 02/24/2012 2:32:26 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: ColdOne
Did he call and apologize to the families of the two American soldiers killed by the Afgan Army? Did he note that the Koran's were defaced by the Muslim prisoners and used to pass messages among the terrorists and that destruction by fire was an approved disposal method? Of course not. He played the dhimmi.
19 posted on 02/24/2012 2:32:53 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Leep
gone to the Devil...???

Yes indeed. The whole zer() regime's interaction with our military, and its downfall, is interesting and hair raising - it shows how quickly, with satan-types in power, we can devolve into a USSR or North Korea. The mechanism used is gradualism, albeit in a short period. One thing leads to another, the society becomes by degrees, and accelerates, to becoming more tyrannical and repressive. And as we lose freedom, we have access to more channels of "entertainment".

20 posted on 02/24/2012 2:34:32 PM PST by C210N
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