Sunday, May 18, 2008

US SOLDIER WHO DEFACED QURAN REMOVED FROM IRAQ

BAGHDAD_A U.S. Army soldier was removed from Iraq after he shot a Quran full of bullets and marked it with graffiti, the U.S. military announced Sunday.

By Raviya H. Ismail McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/

U.S. military officials, fearing a backlash as a result of the desecration moved quickly to resolve the case after Iraqi police found the desecrated book May 11 at a shooting range in the predominantly Sunni Muslim area of Radwaniya in western Baghdad.

They briefed tribal leaders on their investigation and expressed regret for the damage to the Quran, the Islamic holy book. » read m

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