Even President Bush has jumped into the dust-up over the US soldier using the Koran for target practice. Bush has issued an apology to Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki for the incident.
Bush sends apology over Koran shooting in Iraq
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080520/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestuskoranbush
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush called Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to apologize after an American soldier riddled a Koran with bullets near Baghdad, the White House said Tuesday.
Bush "apologized for that in the sense that he said we take it very seriously," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino told reporters.
"We were concerned about their reaction, we wanted them to know that the president knew that this was wrong, and that the commanders in the field had publicly reprimanded the soldier and removed him from Iraq," she added.
Bush "was glad that our military took immediate action."
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
BUSH ISSUES APOLOGY TO IRAQI PM OVER KORAN SHOOTING
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