Kabul protest and apology over Quran disposal
By Barbara Starr at the Pentagon, Masoud Popalzai in Kabul and Sarah Jones in Atlanta
Qurans and other Islamic religious materials gathered for disposal from a detention facility at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan were inadvertently given to troops for burning, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force said Tuesday.
"This was not a decision that was made because they were religious materials," Gen. John Allen said. "It was not a decision that was made with respect to the faith of Islam. It was a mistake. It was an error. The moment we found out about it, we immediately stopped and we intervened."
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the airfield Tuesday, furious over reports of the burning.Religious materials, including the Qurans, were gathered for disposal from the Parwan detention facility, Allen said. "Those materials were inadvertently given to troops for disposition, and that disposition was to burn the materials."
Authorities are still attempting to determine "if and/or how much got burned before the mistake was discovered," ISAF spokeswoman Lt. Lauren Rago said in an e-mail to CNN.
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Too bad only a few korans were burned, I want them all burned.
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Why aren't the Afghans rioting about all the innocent PEOPLE being burned, not to mention dismembered and killed, in their country by suicide bombers?
How in the world has news of this story fallen off CNN's front page? The riots are ongoing, countless hours of work trying to build up trust in this country has been utterly invalidated because a few people that lacked any sort of ability to think screwed up on a level that should have heads rolling. ONE lone pastor, unaffiliated with the military, burning ONE Quaran IN AMERICA a year ago resulted in people dying. And then this happens?
Get this back on the front page, CNN.
Burn the fucking book, it's nothing more than a piece of crap. Raghead idiocies. And you, you just shut your trap before I sock it up your.....
Burn all the bible. I mean All regard what F religion U R
Why apologize? I think we should have a weekly burning of that crappy book and then use the extras for toilet paper.
Someone screwed up bigtime on this one, that's for sure. Tough job pulling guard duty at Bagram or Kandahar this month.
As a veteran and a patriot and a citizen of the most charitable nation in the history of the world, I have grown weary of apologizing to terrorist states. Since our current commander in chief is incapable of growing a set it is certainly time for change.
Come Friday, I will be at my local theater, front and center, prick in hand.
"Act of Valor"; it's what passes as porn for chickenhawks and phony patriots (nationalists)
you sound like corn pone to me sweetthang.
Where was the Afgan and Muslim Outrage when the Taliban (the Afgan Government) decided to destroy the giant Buddah statutes. Don't you think this reactions is a bit missplaced.
are you kidding me. the accidental burning of the sacred holy book, hahahaha of these terrorists and Pres Hussein Obama and his minions are on there knees swallowing appologizing to these thugs. What a joke this guy has made the United States
I can see that you were 'educated' in the States. You're lack of articulation is stunning. Is it Obama's fault that you're barely literate as well? You would make fine cannon-fodder, except that you may actually be too stupid for the army.
I am a devout believer and burning a Bible neither alters nor impugns God's truth. Many representations of God and/or Jesus have been made in the past. This does not change anyone's respect or lack of it for God or Jesus.
Doing anything with or to a Qu'ran, or making any physical representation of Mohammed or Allah are crimes punishable by death. Islamofascists have hijacked Islam and are bent on world domination. Any moderate Muslim will be slaughtered as will "infidels". Faith calls not for fractricide. Insanity demands it.
Americans really need to change their attitude. You are not cool.
Americans are so stupid and self centered on their Foreign Policy. If you didn't screw around with these countries in the first place (going back decades) these people wouldn't burn your flag to begin with. Idiots.
Why are we there for so long? It is time for Obama to take a deep breathe and stopped the illogical war continuing for more than a decade killings innocents on daily basis and spreading venom of anti-Islamism ideology of America and the Western world around the globe, more widely in the hearts and minds of 1.5 billion Muslims.
You mean Taliban, Al Qaida, foreign terrorists and insurgents that snipe and/or plant IEDs that kill U.S./ISAF military servicemembers and civilian men, women and children? The vast majority of the public is smart enough to distinguish between deliberate attacks with the intent to kill vs inadvertent civilian casualities as a result of the above group of "innocents" as you call them deliberately hiding within the civilian population using them as human shields and/or propaganda tools when the civilians get caught in the "crossfire". You mean those "innnocents"?
Holy indoctrination, Bat-Man! You just gobble that shit up, don't you?
Dance, puppet, dance.
Lord- Its kind of hard to me to be "indoctinated" when I have been directly involved in conducting operations in theater in addition to developing the ROE, SOPs and TTPs in said theater and know 1st hand exactly what really "goes down"...unlike yourself that get your information second hand from folks not involved in the operations on the ground...if you want to call me a "liar", so be it... I won't lose an ounce of sleep.
Actually, I wasn't implying that you were lying, just misinformed. Well – it look's like I'm the one who's in need of some info re-evaluation. So, let's see;
SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
TTP – Tactics, Techniques & Procedures
ROE – um, not sure about that one. I'm guessing though that it doesn't stand for 'Rate of Exchange' or 'Record of Employment'.
Lord- Rules Of Engagement...the primary set of directives developed by military planners pertaining to U.S. military servicemembers engaging the enemy and their inherent right to self-defense. Constantly evaluated and revised based on conditions on the ground.
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I'm so tired of being represented by uncouth, crude morons overseas. They knew better. Everybody knows better. Respecting local culture should be part of their training. They couldn't just put them in storage? Can we go home now? I've never heard a logical believable reason for being there. Who will end these stupid wars for us? This is like having a child that goes around the neighborhood causing trouble. I just hope by next year I'm not making these same statements about Iran.
Hey Mike, in case you didn't realize it, you are "home"...cozy, safe and warm. Don't sit there on your @ss putting down the men and women that serve...you don't know the details of exactly why the error was made. If you don't like how you're being "represented" that I suggest you sign up and deploy...until then you're not "we", you're just a ungrateful and reactionary tool sitting behind a computer belly aching.
Mike is right. Whats the point of being over there if your going to stir the pot more and make muslims pissed off more? Idiot foreign policy by idiots running the country, elected by idiots.
Do you know the relationship/policy between the U.S. military and its elected officials? Or do you just have an "thought" on you mind, go off on a tangent and blindly type crap onto you computer that has nothing to do with someone's specific retort to the previous statement? If you can't comprehend what I'm talking about, you just re-defined the definition of "idiot".
I've observed that in the world noywdaas, video games would be the latest rage with children of all ages. Occasionally it may be not possible to drag your son or daughter away from the activities. If you want the best of both worlds, there are numerous educational games for kids. Great post.
thats on call 4, why will d soldies do such a tin, every body has rite to worship wat he or she wants.
this is dumb americans need to stand up and stop sucking up to these people the people who destroyed our flags and killed thousands of americans we need to stop bowing down to them and stand up for our selves
Yes – by invading them and killing them on their own soil. Sort of like what we've been doing for the last decade. As for "them" burning "our" flags, the bloody things probably aren't even made here in the first place.
agreed....boo whoooo for them