It’s an Obama World… US Military Recommends Disciplinary Action For Soldiers Who Burned Defiled Korans
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, June 22, 2012, 4:53 AM
In February US soldiers in Afghanistan torched Korans that were used by captured terrorists to pass extremist messages back and forth to eachother. In response, Afghans rioted and attacked US bases. The “noble people of Afghanistan” stoned Bagram Air Force Base.
Protesters throw stones toward US soldiers standing at the gate of Bagram airbase. The US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, apologised and ordered an investigation into a report that troops “improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Korans”. (AFP/Massoud Hossaini)
U.S. apologized to the “noble people of Afghanistan” for the improper disposal — burning, apparently — of Korans. The Korans reportedly had extremist inscriptions written in them.
This week a military court recommended discipline for the soldiers who burned the defiled Korans.
Voice of America reported, via ROP:
A U.S. military investigation into the burning of Qurans at Bagram Air Base near the Afghan capital, Kabul, last February has recommended disciplinary action against up to seven troops.
U.S. military officials said Tuesday no final decision has been made yet on the findings of the probe. According to the officials, one member of the Navy and up to six Army troops could face administrative punishments, but no criminal charges.
NATO troops stationed at Bagram attempted to dispose of a load of Qurans by setting them on fire, but were stopped by Afghan employees.
The incident sparked deadly riots across Afghanistan and attacks on NATO troops that killed some 30 people and led to the deaths of four Americans and plunged relations between coalition troops and their Afghan allies to an all-time low.
U.S. President Barak Obama apologized for the incident.
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Granny commented:
This absolutely REEKS. Those soldiers were just doing exactly what they had been ordered to do. Why should they be “disciplined”? For that matter, why should The None or anyone else “apologize.” Muslim prisoners of the US in Afghanistan should be given just exactly the same right to own a Koran that Christian prisoners of the Afghanistan government or Taliban are given: IN YOUR DREAMS!
For that matter, I really want to know why our military in Afghanistan have been issued compasses showing the direction of Mecca so they don’t piss in the wrong direction . . . and other absurdities.
bigL commented:
any time there is a car bomb and a bunch of locals get killed-all those guys carry Korans and all those Korans are destroyed. So it is ok for muslims to destroy korans? Why don’t the mullahs order these terrorist families hanged as punishement for the destruction of the Korans by theterrorists,that is if the
terrorists are dead.
They have to stop this stuff,right?
old glazier commented:
Only during a Democrat administration does crazy talk get treated as serious dialouge. This sounds like Pelosi’s brain to me. Apologize after the Taliban apologizes for killing classrooms full of little girls. Aren’t the Democrats leading on the war with women?
Militant Conservative commented:
Time to tear a few more pages outta that nasty rag and wipe my butt.
Allah is no GOD nor even a prophet. He is a tool of the dark one.
Jesus is my savior and Allah and two others are the three horns.
prepare my friends, things are unfolding.
powder is dry
emma howard commented:
How about a promotion for destroying the evil guide book of the hate-filled murdering pedophiles who are killing our troops? What the hell is wrong with these people?
tommy mc donnell commented:
getting punished for disposal of korans in the acceptable islamic way.
Jay commented:
We will never win another war as long as we agree to accept these one way rules of engagement. If the Afghans think they will be better off with the Taliban or another Islamic warlord ruling over them, we should leave and leave them to the slaughter that will surely follow.
Morgan commented:
Militant Conservative commented:
prepare my friends, things are unfolding.
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This, this, this.
SeniorD commented:
I find it interesting that media photographers are always able to get up close pictures of radical Mohammedans about to do ‘something newsworthy’. Guess the local office has the paparazzi on speed dial.
As for destroying Korans, the pictures of American workers either beheaded or strung up on lamp posts immediately comes to mind. If their religious teachings tell them to slay infidels, then slay the teaching (and teachers).
Lyle Sentiss commented:
Did not the same US military, now happily preparing to discipline its own soldiers for burning Korans, being used as spy devices, recently burn 400 bibles at the same Bagram AFB.?
Why yes, I do believe that did happen.
redc1c4 commented:
these GI’s would have been better off committing adultery, bigamy and defrauding the government like that Colonel did in Iraq.
then they’d only get a reprimand and get to keep all their pay and allowances.
this is BS, plain and simple. punish the officers who gave the orders if you have to punish anyone. (like the Army is going to punish brass)
RG commented:
Time for some dishonorable discharges for some investigators for gross cowardice in the face of the enemy.
democraps suck commented:
President bow down can’t have his holy book desecrated
Blue Hen commented:
Lemme get this straight. Rioters screaming about books being burned after they were already defaced by their users is grounds for punishing the peasants in uniform, but supposedly no one nowhere did anything wrong during F&F and we have a body count resulting from the latter? The seven service personnel should all announce that they’re gay and they’re being persecuted. That would be a fun set of proceedings.
tj commented:
Let me understand..
Defaced Korans were destroyed in the way recommended by Muslim clerics… in accordance with Army doctrine.. so we discipline those responsible?
Perfectly serviceable Bibles are burned so as to not offend non-Christians…
Actions of suicide bombers are celebrated in Palestine by having parades and handing out candy to children.. and awarding their families huge sums of money..
When our “leaders” accept these actions as normal.. it is time to rebuke our leadership.
Tim in Cali commented:
Hmmm…let’s see if I got this right
1. Burn the U.S. flag…..free speech
2. Burn a koran…………discipline
Soilder burns gay flag…15/20 yrs in Leavenworth (sarcasm)
The inmates are running the asylum.(truth)
Christopher Taylor commented:
Wait folks. The military has rules, it has procedures. Those rules may be stupid and politically motivated, but if you break those rules you face punishment. That’s how discipline works. If you’ve ever been in the military you know this. These guys broke the rules in how they disposed of the Korans, so they face discipline, that’s how it should be.
The problem here isn’t the punishment of these men but where and why the rules came about to begin with. Who was in charge of that? That’s who you should be upset at. I have no doubt that they were part of a general policy from the top but it probably started in the Bush administration.
Rachelle commented:
The problem is that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is now occupied by The Village People.
Fire all of them.
Send them to Russia to join the Russian army. We need to do something to weaken the Russian military.
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