U.S. military says soldier shot at Koran
An officer apologizes and reads a letter of regret by the shooter, who has been removed from Iraq.
Associated Press
4:38 AM PDT, May 18, 2008
BAGHDAD — A soldier used a Koran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the military, a spokesman said Sunday.
Separately, mortar shells slammed into a residential area north of Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding 30, most of them children playing outside, officials said Sunday.
The shelling occurred as clashes broke out in Shiite areas late Saturday despite a truce reached last week by Shiite politicians and followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada Sadr.
Iraqi police found the bullet-riddled Koran 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.
American commanders then launched an inquiry that led to disciplinary action against the soldier, who has been removed from Iraq, Buckner said.
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Koran shot
The only thing the Koran is good for is to be riddled with bullets since it was written by a false prophet.
Right. You don't want peace
Right. You don't want peace either. In fact you strike me like the kind of person who is chomping at the bit, waiting for the end of the world. You strike me like the type of person that wants to help God end it.
How?
PBJ, did you register to comment just for that?
Yeah, he or she did.
Yeah, he or she did.
Soldiers who are part of a
Soldiers who are part of a foreign invading and occupying military force should refrain as a general rule from shooting bullet holes in the holy books of the majority of people whose country has been invaded and occupied. It adds genuine insult to the real injuries that have been committed.
The degree to which these
The degree to which these kinds of actions has the potential to cause people in that part of the world to hate us more cannot be overstated. This is just one of the many reasons why we should stop our occupation of that country.