US Soldier Uses Quran for Target Practice

[Jacaylbaro]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A soldier used the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology on Saturday.

 

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, flanked by leaders from Radhwaniya in the western outskirts of Baghdad, apologized for the staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader assigned to the headquarters of the 64th Armored Regiment. He also read a letter of apology by the shooter.

 

It was the first time the incident -- which tested the relationship between U.S.-backed Sunni militiamen and the military -- was made public since it was discovered May 11.

"I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others at the apology ceremony. "In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers." .

 

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[Che -Guevara]

They use it as toilet paper as well.

[Nephissa]

Human behavior is something else. I guess all we can expect now is riots around the world over it.

[Fabregas]

Perhaps a better shooting practice would have been if the greedy clan Sheikhs had turned around and the SOldier would have used their backsides as sniper practice?

 

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.quran/index.html