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U.S. confirms Gitmo soldier kicked Quran
Arizona Daily Star - AP ^ | Jun 3, 2005 | ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 06/03/2005 4:38:21 PM PDT by Kokojmudd

By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon on Friday confirmed for the first time that a U.S. soldier deliberately kicked a Guantanamo Bay prisoner's Muslim holy book in violation of the military's rules for handling the Quran.

In other confirmed incidents, prison guards threw water balloons in a cell block, causing an unspecified number of Qurans to get wet; a guard's urine splashed on a detainee and his Quran; an interrogator stepped on a Quran during an interrogation; and a two-word obscenity was written in English on the inside cover of a Quran.

The findings are among the results of an investigation last month by Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, the commander of the detention center in Cuba, that was triggered by a Newsweek magazine report - later retracted - that a U.S. soldier had flushed one Guantanamo Bay detainee's Quran down a toilet.

The story stirred worldwide controversy and the Bush administration blamed it for deadly demonstrations in Afghanistan.

Last week, Hood disclosed that he had confirmed five cases of mishandling of the Quran, but he refused to provide details. Allegations of Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay have led to anti-American passions in many Muslim nations, although Pentagon officials have insisted that the problems were relatively minor and that U.S. commanders have gone to great lengths to enable detainees to practice their religion in captivity.

Hood said last week that he found no credible evidence that a Quran was ever flushed down a toilet. He said a prisoner who was reported to have complained to an FBI agent in 2002 that a military guard threw a Quran in the toilet has since told Hood's investigators that he never witnessed any form of Quran desecration.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: associatedpee; cary; flushitagain; gitmo; koran; korandefication; korandesecration; newsweek; sepofkoranandstate
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1 posted on 06/03/2005 4:38:21 PM PDT by Kokojmudd
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To: Kokojmudd

Surely, Bush ordered these incidents. Nice timing for the Sunday shows. Will it ever end? Liberalism is a mental disease.


2 posted on 06/03/2005 4:39:59 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (The only thing a man should moisturize is a woman.)
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To: Kokojmudd

Who gives a Shiite?...listen closely as I drop kick one of my five versions of the Qur'an across the floor for my cats to chase...Cornpone


3 posted on 06/03/2005 4:40:16 PM PDT by Cornpone (Who Dares Wins -- Defame Islam Today -- Tell the Truth About Muhammad)
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To: Kokojmudd

There is an easy answer to this. Rule 1) No muslim prisoners get to have the Koran. Just ban them all together from POW camps.


4 posted on 06/03/2005 4:40:28 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: Kokojmudd

Can we just surrender already?


5 posted on 06/03/2005 4:40:36 PM PDT by G32
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To: Kokojmudd

Confiscate the damn books and burn them.


6 posted on 06/03/2005 4:41:32 PM PDT by bfree (PC is BS)
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To: Kokojmudd

CNSNews.com) - Bibles found in the possession of visitors to Saudi Arabia are routinely confiscated by customs officials, and in some cases copies allegedly have been put through a paper shredder, according to religious rights campaigners.


http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200505%5CFOR20050519a.html


7 posted on 06/03/2005 4:41:42 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: kjam22
There is an easy answer to this. Rule 1) No muslim prisoners get to have the Koran. Just ban them all together from POW camps. Absolutely!! I'm so sick of hearing how these prisoners are "abused". Liberalism is a disease....
8 posted on 06/03/2005 4:42:22 PM PDT by GOPRaleigh (Results may vary.)
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To: Kokojmudd

There aren't 10% of the american public that care about this story. The press is just trying to cause our president problems in the global community. If he let's those problems effect how we fight this war... that's his own fault.


9 posted on 06/03/2005 4:42:24 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: kjam22
Give em a copy of the constitution the declaration of independence and the federalist papers.
10 posted on 06/03/2005 4:42:45 PM PDT by dts32041 (Robin Hood, stealing from the government and giving back to tax payer. Where is he today?)
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To: Kokojmudd
They forgot the apostrophe.

When will the hate ever stop?

11 posted on 06/03/2005 4:43:16 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: kjam22
There is an easy answer to this. Rule 1) No muslim prisoners get to have the Koran. Just ban them all together from POW camps

Hey...hey..no need to try to inject common sense into this mess.

What are you trying to do?

You must be one of them there 'agitaters'.

LVM

12 posted on 06/03/2005 4:44:20 PM PDT by LasVegasMac ("God. Guts. Guns. I don't call 911." (bumper sticker))
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To: kjam22

You're so right and we should feed them pork. Some good eastern NC BBQ with a vinegar based sauce(the best). Oh, and serve it to them on pages of the Koran.


13 posted on 06/03/2005 4:44:45 PM PDT by marblehead17 (I love it when a plan comes together.)
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To: Pukin Dog
Liberalism is a mental disease.

Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry et al!

14 posted on 06/03/2005 4:44:45 PM PDT by rocksblues (First there was Terri, whose next? You, me, your child, your wife?)
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To: Kokojmudd

But, but, the MSM tells us the terr perps are the good guys. They only blow up innocent Muslims and lob their heads off, Korans not withstanding et al.


15 posted on 06/03/2005 4:45:18 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: Kokojmudd

Medals, promotions and choice of next assignment should be awarded the Gitmo guards. Do not kowtow to these Islamic scum.


16 posted on 06/03/2005 4:46:19 PM PDT by afnamvet (31st Fighter Wing Tuy Hoa AB RVN 68-69 "Return with Honor")
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To: Kokojmudd

How many qurans were destroyed when the latest mosque was blown up by "fellow muslims"? Its ok for them to desecrate it ?
Allah goes down on little boys in hell.


17 posted on 06/03/2005 4:46:59 PM PDT by pipecorp (There's some lovely filth down 'ere.)
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To: Kokojmudd
Don't worry, Bush will grovel and apologize yet again.
18 posted on 06/03/2005 4:47:54 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: LasVegasMac
Replace all Korans with..
19 posted on 06/03/2005 4:47:56 PM PDT by Kokojmudd (Today's Liberal is Tomorrow's Prospective Flying Saucer Abductee)
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To: Kokojmudd
Look at the headline.. Pentagon confirms Quran incident at Gitmo
nothing in this story says anything about flushing it down the toilet so how is it confirmed? Misleading headline? MSM at it again?
20 posted on 06/03/2005 4:48:04 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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