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Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
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Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 11:07 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152705

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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 11:14 am
(February 24, 2012 at 11:07 am)Insanity x Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152705

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Wait a damn sec....US troops did this? Are they fucking insane? Least that should happen is they lose their pay and get courtmarshalled for being stupid on the taxpaying citizen's dime.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 11:14 am
Quote:"I call on everyone throughout the country - Isaf members and Afghans - to exercise patience and restraint as we continue to gather the facts," Gen Allen said in a statement.

And thought I was idealistic.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:03 pm
How to make friends and influence people. The American way.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:12 pm
(February 24, 2012 at 11:14 am)Phil Wrote: Wait a damn sec....US troops did this? Are they fucking insane? Least that should happen is they lose their pay and get courtmarshalled for being stupid on the taxpaying citizen's dime.

That was exactly my reaction when I first found out.

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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:14 pm (This post was last modified: February 24, 2012 at 12:21 pm by Xavier.)
(February 24, 2012 at 11:07 am)Insanity x Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152705

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Stupid savages
The troops would have a good mind to burn a load more Qurans and stick up 2 fingers to them.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:21 pm
(February 24, 2012 at 12:03 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: How to make friends and influence people. The American way.

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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:44 pm
(February 24, 2012 at 11:14 am)Phil Wrote: Wait a damn sec....US troops did this? Are they fucking insane? Least that should happen is they lose their pay and get courtmarshalled for being stupid on the taxpaying citizen's dime.

* Tiberius wishes more people would actually read the article.

Quote:Thousands of enraged Afghans have taken to the streets for a fourth day, after US soldiers inadvertently set fire to copies of the Koran.

Quote:In a letter to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, Mr Obama said the books had been "unintentionally mishandled".

US personnel apparently put the books into a rubbish incinerator at Bagram air base, near Kabul.

Bolding mine. This is (as far as I can tell) an honest mistake, and certainly not a valid reason for losing pay or getting court martialed. This is just another example of the religious getting pissed over something completely ridiculous.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Quote:This is just another example of the religious getting pissed over something completely ridiculous.

That's pretty much their job, isn't it? I mean, consider the Santorum campaign.
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RE: Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day
February 24, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Its impossible to tell exactly what happened either way your relying on somebody's word.

I'm not sure how you can "unintentionally" burn it
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