NATO troops burned religious texts because of apparent terrorist inscriptions, and it just so happened that these religious texts included the Koran. Cue Muslim outrage and violence.
Here’s the report from CNN:
Here’s the actual apology:
I can’t remember, but did Christians ever get an apology when troops in Afghanistan chose to burn ‘unsolicited’ Bibles?
Anyway, according to the New York Times, the Afghans are now in their 2nd day of violent protesting due to the burnings:
Demonstrations turned violent on Wednesday morning here in the capital and in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, where one person was killed and at least six injured, government officials said. Protesters trying to break into the NATO base at the Jalalabad airfield set fire to six fuel tankers in a nearby parking lot.
In Kabul, protesters threw rocks at Afghan Army vehicles and shouted anti-American slogans as they blocked the main road to eastern Afghanistan.
The stench of burning rubber still lingered after the worst of the protest was over. Ten demonstrators and 12 police officers were injured, officials said. The Kabul police chief, Mohammed Ayoub Salangi, was also pelted with rocks but was not hurt.
The Associated Press said security forces fired into the air as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a housing complex for foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul and set a fuel truck ablaze.
The protesters chanted slogans including: “Death to America,” witnesses said.
So, how did the news of these Koran burnings leak out?
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