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Will the American sniper who shot the Koran be identified by May 31, 2008?
Settled as No
From BBC News:
An American sniper has been sent home from Iraq for using a copy of the Koran for target practice at a shooting range near Baghdad, the US military says.
The Muslim holy book was found riddled with bullet holes last week by Iraqi police, who also discovered offensive graffiti inside its cover.
A US military spokesman said the soldier had been removed from his unit, sent home, and would be disciplined.
He was unnamed, but was reportedly a staff sergeant in a sniper section.
US military spokesman Colonel Bill Buckner said the incident was "both serious and deeply troubling", but stressed it was an "isolated incident and a result of one soldier's actions".
Will he be identified by the end of May, or will the military authorities try to keep this to themselves in an effort to mollify the situation?
An American sniper has been sent home from Iraq for using a copy of the Koran for target practice at a shooting range near Baghdad, the US military says.
The Muslim holy book was found riddled with bullet holes last week by Iraqi police, who also discovered offensive graffiti inside its cover.
A US military spokesman said the soldier had been removed from his unit, sent home, and would be disciplined.
He was unnamed, but was reportedly a staff sergeant in a sniper section.
US military spokesman Colonel Bill Buckner said the incident was "both serious and deeply troubling", but stressed it was an "isolated incident and a result of one soldier's actions".
Will he be identified by the end of May, or will the military authorities try to keep this to themselves in an effort to mollify the situation?
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Settled as No on Sun 1st Jun 12:56pm PDT
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"punishment" for desacration of a religous item. I mean I bet there will be several
hundred other items destroyed to get out of Iraq now also.
Now what would be bad is if the Iraq forces try to put the kid in jail for doing this instead.
girl, killing more Iraqis in the name of Allah. Only one of these acts enraged Muslims. Do you know Islam well enough to know which?"
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