Korans were burnt in Afghanistan by troops who probably did not realize they were Korans since "reports suggest the books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system." Afghanistan is in an uproar, in particular, American troops were targeted. Two officers were found dead in their office execution style from gunshot wounds to the head, an Afghan official said. Because of the tight security, any Afghan who carried out the attack would have had the highest clearance since they were in highly restricted areas. In fact, "the Afghan Interior Ministry identified one of its employees as a suspect in the fatal shooting of two U.S. officers in its headquarters. . . . Abdul Saboor, a 25-year-old police intelligence officer has been identified. . . . he has now fled."
The suspect has fled and is still at large.
In addition, seven U.S. military personnel believed to be Special Forces members were wounded. The protests have killed 30 people and wounded 200, including two other U.S. troops who were shot dead by an Afghan soldier.
Obama apologized for the Koran burning and the top field commander apologized. No apology was asked in response to the seven wounded troops, or the four American soldiers killed, including the two officers who were executed. Moreover, a Pentagon Official Apologized at a Virginia Mosque.
Protests have spread from the riots in Afghanistan to protests in Pakistan.
No such outcry or apology ensued in May of 2009 when CNN reported the purposeful burning of Bibles at a U.S. base in Afghanistan; unsolicited Bibles were sent by a Christian group but since only Islam is allowed to exist the Bibles were unlawful according to Afghan law.
KRAUTHAMMER EMBARRASSED BY SCALE OF U.S. APOLOGY FOR KORAN BURNING, ASKS WHEN ISLAMIC NATIONS WILL APOLOGIZE FOR THE KILLING OF CHRISTIANS
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