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Title: Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan
Post by: bijou on September 09, 2010, 12:58:47 PM

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Military personnel threw away, and ultimately burned, confiscated Bibles that were printed in the two most common Afghan languages amid concern they would be used to try to convert Afghans, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday.


The unsolicited Bibles sent by a church in the United States were confiscated about a year ago at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan because military rules forbid troops of any religion from proselytizing while deployed there, Lt. Col. Mark Wright said. ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/index.html

Title: Re: Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan
Post by: thundley4 on September 09, 2010, 01:01:14 PM

Yep, even having bibles in their country can be seen as insulting to the Islamic terrorists.

Title: Re: Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan
Post by: RightCoast on September 09, 2010, 01:07:28 PM

Exactly.

Title: Re: Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan
Post by: PatriotGame on September 10, 2010, 03:22:56 AM

Quote from: thundley4 on September 09, 2010, 01:01:14 PM

Yep, even having bibles in their country can be seen as insulting to the Islamic terrorists.

...and 0bama grinned...and mile-wide assed MeeShell organismed in her rubber lined Isotoner girdle...

Title: Re: Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 10, 2010, 08:22:43 AM

Just wait until the marauding Methodist hear about this.... OH, they already have? ...nevermind.