Outrage Over Quran Burning At U.S. Base

Quran Burning at U.S. Base Sparks Afghan Protests: The troops of the "largest American base in Afghanistan accidentally burned the Koran and other religious objects, caused angry protests and fears of the event, even more important than the burning of the news spreads.

The books were dumped by mistake with household waste at Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, and were on a pile of burning on Monday evening, before the Afghan workers occurred at about 23:00, according to officials of NATO and Afghanistan.

The workers put out the flames with their jackets and mineral water before going on at Bagram in a rage, taking the charred remains, according to Sabir Safar, secretary of the provincial board of Parwan province, where Bagram is located.

Morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at Bagram and in the outskirts of Kabul. Some fired into the air, some throwing stones at the gate of Bagram, and others shouted "die, die strangers." Many of them were the same people working with foreign troops on the base. At some point, apparently fearing that the base is attacked, the protection of the base rubber bullets into the crowd, the military said.

"They should withdraw from Afghanistan, and no disrespect to our religion, our faith," Mohammad Hakim told The Associated Press outside the Bagram. "They have to go and if the next time they disrespect our religion, we shall defend our holy Koran, religion and belief to the last drop of blood left in our bodies."

This is, perhaps, no action infuriates Afghans than foreigners "bad to the Quran. He enjoys wide doubt that Americans are against Islam and the deep disappointment that more than 10 years after the fall of the Taliban regime, violence remains widespread. Quran is supposed to be buried or dumped in the river, which flows, so they must be eliminated.

NATO officials paid furiously to contain the fallout, tweeting and e-mailed to reporters soon after the onset of the disease. Gen. John Allen, the commander of all foreign forces in Afghanistan, issued a statement, video operator, and then gave a television interview NATO. In his message, and all NATO officials stressed that today each combustion was not intentional.

"These materials were randomly placed on the troops at the disposal and the provision of materials for writing. It was not a decision that was made, because they have religious themes," said Allen NATO TV. "It was not a decision that was made against Islam faith . That was a mistake, it was a mistake. when we found out about it, we immediately stopped, and we intervened. "

Allen began an investigation and promised to take measures that the same incident will not happen again.

"It's not who we are. These cases are very isolated," said Allen. "We will die together with the Afghans for a long time, because we believe in them, we believe in our country, we have every opportunity to give them a brighter future."

In the morning, U.S. officials at Bagram were accompanied by local Afghan elders at the scene of a fire. Zahed Ahmad Zaki, head of the provincial council, said 60 to 70 pounds have been recovered from the fire, including the Koran, which were once prisoners at the base.

"Some people have all been burned. Some were half burned," Zahed in an interview with Associated Press.

Protesters furious was immediate, but the Afghan government eventually assured them this afternoon. They asked that President Hamid Karzai has threatened to resume protests.READ MORE...