MUSLIMS FREAK OUT OVER QUR'AN

[NUKE MECCA]

Afghans protest disposal of Muslim holy books at U.S. base
February 21, 2012
Los Angeles Times

REPORTING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- An angry protest erupted outside
a sprawling U.S.-run military installation on Tuesday after base
personnel allegedly improperly disposed of religious materials,
including Muslim holy books.

Gen. John Allen, the U.S. Marine who commands Western forces in
Afghanistan, apologized and promised the incident at Bagram Air Field,
north of Kabul, would be fully investigated.

Protests over desecration of the Koran have sparked serious violence
in the past. One of the worst such incidents occurred last April, when
a furious mob overran a United Nations' headquarters in the northern
city of Mazar-e-Sharif, killing four Nepalese guards and three foreign
U.N. workers, after a fundamentalist preacher in Florida burned the
holy book.

In Tuesday's protest, four people were injured when guards fired on
the crowd, according to Afghan officials in Parwan, where the Bagram
base is located. A spokesman for NATO's International Security
Assistance Force declined to say whether Western troops were involved
in any crowd-control actions during the demonstration.

Abdul Aziz, the Bagram district police chief, said the incident began
before dawn when Afghans working as laborers inside the base found
several books, including Korans, being burned and brought them
outside. "This provoked the local people's emotions, and they started
a protest," Aziz said.

It was not immediately clear whether the materials had been
inadvertently placed in the base's trash collection. Most refuse is
disposed of by burning.

Aziz said "hundreds" had taken part in the demonstration. The ISAF did
not provide a crowd estimate.

The commanding general's statement, issued hours after the incident,
was unusually rapid and uncommonly contrite.

Addressing the "noble people of Afghanistan," Allen said he had been
given a report overnight indicating that Western military personnel at
Bagram had "improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious
materials" including Korans.

"When we learned of these actions, we immediately intervened and
stopped them," he said, adding that the recovered materials would be
turned over to religious authorities. He thanked the local people who
had brought the matter to light.

"We are thoroughly investigating the incident and we are taking steps
to ensure this does not ever happen again," Allen said. "I assure you
… I promise you … this was NOT intentional in any way."

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