Draggingtree Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Stars and Stripes: http://www.stripes.com/ Stars and Stripes Five US soldiers ignited Quran burning fury, DOD inquiry finds Stars and Stripes Published: March 2, 2012 The Defense Department's review of the Quran burning incident on Feb. 20 that touched off a firestorm of protests across Afghanistan has found that five soldiers were responsible for the incident, The Washington Post is reporting. While U.S. military and civilian leaders have apologized for the act, the desecration triggered a wave of demonstrations that left about 30 Afghans dead. It also led to the deaths of six U.S. servicemembers stationed in Afghanistan, including two officers working in the Afghan Interior Ministry. Many observers wondered how the U.S. military and its personnel could allow this happen after more than a decade in Afghanistan. How could uniformed personnel not know that you don't intentionally incinerate the Quran? The Post reports that military officials have said the five soliders face reprimands but not to the level that some Afghans are advocating, which is a public trial. Officials also indicated it is unlikely the soldiers' names will be disclosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 @Draggingtree, Please use the article link directly to the article. This link is to the front page. Also Please use the button in the editor to paste in article text. It cleans up all the misc. links. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyle58 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 These soldiers did NOT "desecrate" these books. They were desecrated by the prisoners who used them to pass notes to each other. Writing in the Quran is forbidden, but these "Holy Warriors" took upon themselves to do so anyway. It is interesting to note that burning is the proscribed way to destroy a desecrated copy of the Quran, according to Islamic culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Reprimand? We need to be giving our soldiers special Quran-burning patches or ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 This really ticks me off. The more we go down this road, the more we apologize for something we did not do, the worse this is going to get. Grrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 These soldiers did NOT "desecrate" these books. They were desecrated by the prisoners who used them to pass notes to each other. Writing in the Quran is forbidden, but these "Holy Warriors" took upon themselves to do so anyway. It is interesting to note that burning is the proscribed way to destroy a desecrated copy of the Quran, according to Islamic culture. From what I have heard, it was not that they were burned, it was that they were burned with other things. Honestly, this is such a set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 "The Post reports that military officials have said the five soliders face reprimands but not to the level that some Afghans are advocating, which is a public trial. Officials also indicated it is unlikely the soldiers' names will be disclosed." The whole idea of identifying anyone culpable is NUTS. I blame Obama. Somehow the names will be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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