Thursday, May 22, 2008

3 KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN AS RESULT OF SHOOTING OF QURAN

KABUL, Afghanistan - One NATO soldier and two Afghan civilians were killed Thursday when protests in Afghanistan over the shooting of a Quran by a U.S. soldier turned violent, officials said.NATO spokesman Maj. Martin O'Donnell said demonstrators were protesting near a military airfield in western Ghor province and began to throw rocks and set tents on fire. Police opened fire on demonstrators when the protest became violent, killing two civilians and wounding seven others, he said. Gunfire killed one NATO soldier and wounded another, but it was not clear who shot at them, O'Donnell said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24774048/

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