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2009-10-26 Afghanistan

Afghans accuse US troops of burning Quran

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Posted by Steve White 2009-10-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
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#1 "it's unfortunate these imbeciles will believe any pap that hits their ears and are so easily inflamed. Kinda like a hemmorhoidal asshole."

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-26 09:44|| 2009-10-26 09:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Since rent-a-mobs are so cheap in Afghanistan, someone could make great sport by hiring a mob to protest against something that is obviously a gag. Even give them signs to wave.

"Chris Matthews felches goats!" "Go to the kitchen and make me some pah!" "U.S. out of Iceland!" "Michael Jackson fan club" "www.zombo.com"

Posted by 2009-10-26 10:04|| 2009-10-26 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 That's funny, it stripped my handle.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-26 10:06|| 2009-10-26 10:06|| Front Page Top

#4 This nation building is gonna be harder than we thought.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-10-26 10:36|| 2009-10-26 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I love the protest sign idea. They could have Moveon.org, SEIU, ACORN, and Code Pink logos on them and demand the right to wear nail polish, free transgender ops, and brothels for leetle boys for everyone in country.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-26 10:55|| 2009-10-26 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Given the fact that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan recognize neither freedom of speech nor freedom of conscience, I'm looking forward to see these "students" arrested, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to death in the near future.

Certainly terrorist threats against western nations must be so incompatible with the principles of the Islamic Republic that the death penalty is warranted.

/sarcasm

On a serious note:

Denials and apologies by NATO are a mistake. A coran may or may not have been damaged by any military operation. The fact remains that burning or "desecrating" a coran is very much protected free expression in the West, and any Afghan with access to e.g. Youtube will find ample evidence of this.

An apology is thus insincere (all Western troops have sworn an oath to protect among others the right to free expression), and it will be understood as an act of submission thus undermining deterrence.

Posted by Phineling Sproing8254 2009-10-26 11:08|| 2009-10-26 11:08|| Front Page Top

#7 "When we burn books we do it openly. Should we find the need, we will announce it beforehand, then televise the event and post it on YouTube. If you don't see it there, someone is trying to make you look stupid."

Actually, I read somewhere that the students are trying to embarrass the Americans, and they're going to keep it up until we leave. Riots are fun for the lads, after all -- gets them out in the fresh air and sunshine, gives them a break from the stresses of learning, and of course they get a bit of beer money as well. I think it's time the Chancellor announced mandatory class attendance, and anyone missing so much as a single class will be automatically expelled with no opportunity to re-register for subsequent terms. Given the unemployment rate and the number who want an education in Afghanistan, the universities needn't indulge the demonstrably idiotic.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-26 15:01|| 2009-10-26 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't tell them about the remains of a koran I have on my garage floor under my car absorbing leaks.

Posted by Hellfish 2009-10-26 15:24|| 2009-10-26 15:24|| Front Page Top

#9 I had a copy in my cabin's outhouse...

Posted by Icerigger 2009-10-26 15:56|| http://www.coonlakebeach.com]">[http://www.coonlakebeach.com] 2009-10-26 15:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Few things taste better than pulled pork "sammitchs" prepared over a spit powered by the "Word of the Prophettm."

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-10-26 20:51|| 2009-10-26 20:51|| Front Page Top

#11 They should pile about 5 or 6 pallets of Korans right smack in the middle of the town square, douse them with gasoline and burn the damn things.

In front of them. And make S'mores to pass out to all...after the gasoline burns off a bit though. Otherwise it makes the S'mores taste bad.

Posted by Andy Flinter3719 2009-10-26 21:29|| 2009-10-26 21:29|| Front Page Top

#12 We probably did burn a few Korans by applying Hellfires to the benighted Islamic terrorist buggers carrying them.

Posted by rwv 2009-10-26 21:53|| 2009-10-26 21:53|| Front Page Top

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