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| Quran Burning at U.S. Base Sparks Afghan Protests | |
| 2012-02-21 | |
| You'd think after over ten years of this BS we'd all either know better than to 'desecrate' the holy Crayon, or have made a conscious decision to not give a s*it. These accidents and subsequent grovelings are counterproductive. Troops on the U.S.' largest base in Afghanistan have inadvertently burned Qurans and other religious materials, triggering angry protests and fears of even larger demonstrations as news of the burning spreads. The books were mistakenly thrown out with the trash (Bite tongue - er, fingers - and refrain from obvious comment) at Bagram Air Field north of Kabul and were on a burn pile Monday night before Afghan laborers intervened around 11:00 p.m., according to NATO and Afghan officials. By the morning, hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside of Bagram and on the outskirts of Kabul. Some shot into the air, some threw rocks at the Bagram gate, and others yelled, "Die, die foreigners." Many of them were the same people who work with foreign troops inside the base. At one point, apparently worried that the base would be stormed, guards at the base fired rubber bullets into the crowd, according to the military.
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| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #13 F 'em! With hopes that the tattle-tales rot in hell forever. |
| Posted by: Elmising Poodle6592 2012-02-21 22:52 |
| #12 How could I forget that, CF? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-21 20:28 |
| #11 And make fearsome faces Barbara - don't forget the fearsome faces. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-02-21 18:47 |
| #10 Allen is a pretty weak "god," isn't he, mojo? At least the Christian/Jewish God can smite people who bring him/her/it displeasure. Apparently Allen can only whine. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-21 18:41 |
| #9 Allan never does anything for himself, it's all left to his slaves. |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-02-21 17:25 |
| #8 lmao....can you even begin to imagine the looks on their faces when they saw teh whooly crayon burning? bwhahahahahahahahahaha comedy gold Almost like burning p0rn outside a star trek convention. (Except p0rn has more redeeming features). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-02-21 14:54 |
| #7 Shouldn't Allah strike down the wrongdoers if he was so displeased. Aren't they a bit presumptious acting as if their will is Allah's will? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-02-21 14:46 |
| #6 "on a burn pile Monday night before Afghan laborers intervened" lmao....can you even begin to imagine the looks on their faces when they saw teh whooly crayon burning? bwhahahahahahahahahaha comedy gold |
| Posted by: Clusosh Uloluling1817 2012-02-21 13:45 |
| #5 Just like Pakistan we could pay this country billions and they will hate us for being non muslim. Total waste of time, money and lives. |
| Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303 2012-02-21 13:13 |
| #4 Death to infidels, apostates, blasphemers, etc. SSDD. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-02-21 12:08 |
| #3 An honest work mistake and then the rent-a-crowd showed up to perform perfunctory seething and calls for death to foreigners? These folks are far too thin-skinned. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-02-21 10:53 |
| #2 Hey, Korans, Bibles, it's all equal opportunity. I guess they didn't get the decree that there is only one god, HHS told the Catholics that a couple weeks ago on the contraceptives deal and it isn't the one in the books. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-02-21 10:30 |
| #1 Many of them were the same people who work with foreign troops inside the base. Anybody see a problem with this? Anyone? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-02-21 10:07 |