Unbelievable: Apologizer-in-Chief Obama Expresses ‘Deep Regret’ over Accidental Quran Burning in Afghanistan, No Apology for the Two Murdered US NATO Soldiers (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on February 24, 2012
The death toll rises in Afghanistan as Muslim protestors retaliate against the accidental burning of Qurans - two US NATO soldiers have been murdered
The death toll continues to rise in Afghanistan as Muslim protestors violently retaliate for the fourth day now against the accidental burning of copies of the Quran — two US NATO soldiers have been murdered by Islamic rioters in the Muslim country.
Pres. Barack Obama has apologized to the Afghan president for the burning of the Islamic books — no apology has been received from President Hamid Karzai for the cold-blooded murder of the American NATO soldiers, or for persecution of Christians, burning of Bibles, or the destruction of churches. Instead, Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Quran at a NATO base.
Unbelievable.
The so-called religion of “peace and tolerance” is responsible for the murders of up to 20 people during these most recent riots in Afghanistan. Police vehicles have been torched and countless people injured. The Taliban has urged Afghans to target and kill foreign troops in retaliation over the copies of the Quran that were burnt at a NATO airbase.
And our elected president has apologized to Afghanistan, with what appears to be little to no regard for the murdered Americans.
Heartfelt prayers go the families of the dead American soldiers and to the other families of those who have died during this senseless, bloody mayhem.
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From AFP, Obama expresses ‘deep regret’ over Koran burning:
US President Barack Obama sent Afghan President Hamid Karzai a letter of apology over the burning of copies of the Koran overseen by a US officer at a US military base, Karzai’s office said Thursday.
Obama said the incident was unintentional and pledged a full investigation, the president’s office said, as fierce anti-US protests swept the nation in which at least 14 people have died, including two American soldiers.
“I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident,” Obama wrote in the letter presented to Karzai by US ambassador Ryan Crocker. “I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies.”
“The error was inadvertent; I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible,” the letter said.
Karzai told members of parliament that a US officer was responsible for the burning that was done “out of ignorance”, his office said.
The incident at the US military base at Bagram north of Kabul sparked three days of fierce anti-US protests in which at least 12 protesters were killed.
Two American soldiers also died when an Afghan army colleague turned his weapon on them as demonstrators approached a US base in eastern Nangarhar province Thursday, the military and officials said.
“As the protesters approached the American base here an ANA (Afghan) soldier in the base opened fire on American soldiers, killing two soldiers,” said the district chief of Khogyani in eastern Nangarhar province, Mohammad Hassan.
The shooter then escaped among the crowd while two protesters were killed and six wounded as the foreign soldiers returned fire, Hassan said.
NATO’s US-led International Security Assistance force had announced the deaths of two soldiers at the hands of a man in Afghan army uniform, without identifying their nationalities.
The attack came just hours after Taliban insurgents urged Afghans to kill foreign troops to avenge the burning of the Korans.
NATO Troops Killed Joint Afghan US Base Comes Under Attack from Protesters Angry About Koran
Two U.S. troops have been shot to death and four more wounded by an Afghan solider who turned his gun on his allies in apparent anger over the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, an Afghan official tells CBS News.
A statement from the International Security Assistance Force – Afghanistan, the international coalition in the country, confirmed that two troops were killed in Eastern Afghanistan on Thursday by “an individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform.”
ISAF does not typically give the nationality of casualties until family members have been notified, but the CBS News source in the Afghan government said those killed and injured in the attack in the Khogyani district of the eastern Ningarhar province along the border with Pakistan were Americans.
From BBC, Afghanistan Koran protests: Eight die on fourth day:
Seven people were killed in the eastern province of Herat, officials said.
Another protester died in the Pul-e-Khumri district of Baghlan province when a reconstruction office came under attack.
On Thursday US President Barack Obama apologised to the Afghan people, saying the burnings were a “genuine mistake”.
On Friday, a group of demonstrators tried to attack the US consulate in Herat, burning police vehicles and leaving several officers injured, security sources told the BBC.
Three people were killed in the city, with another four reported dead in other parts of Herat province.
The latest deaths bring the toll from protests in recent days to at least 20, including two US soldiers.
From Reuters, Afghanistan demands NATO put Koran-burners on trial:
Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base, President Hamid Karzai’s office said on Thursday, after a third day of bloody protests over the incident.
It said NATO had agreed to a trial, but that could not be immediately confirmed.
Karzai had earlier accused a U.S. officer of “ignorantly” burning copies of the Koran, in an incident that has deepened anti-Western sentiment in a country NATO is trying to stabilize before foreign combat troops leave by the end of 2014.
Demonstrations have drawn thousands of angry Afghans to the streets, chanting “Death to America!” amid violence that has killed 11 people including two U.S. service personnel.
“NATO officials, in response to a request for the trial and punishment of the perpetrators … promised this crime will brought to court as soon as possible,” Karzai’s office said in a statement.
President Barack Obama sent a letter to Karzai apologizing for the burning of the Korans, after Afghan laborers found charred copies while collecting rubbish at the sprawling Bagram air base.
Obama told Karzai the incident was not intentional.
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