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I found it.

NBC - Barack Obama has written a letter formally apologizing for the burning of copies of the Quran at a coalition military base in Afghanistan, the Afghan president’s office said Thursday, amid reports that two American troops had been shot dead.

A man dressed as an Afghan government soldier killed the soldiers and wounded four others during a protest about the burning of Islamic holy books that had been used by detainees held at the Bagram military base, a police officer and a provincial Afghan official told NBC News.

There have been violent protests every day since the news of the Quran desecrations emerged on Tuesday in what has become a public relations disaster for foreign forces in Afghanistan.

A statement from President Hamid Karzai’s office said the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan had delivered the letter from Obama Thursday.

In the letter, which is quoted in the statement, the U.S. president expresses his “deep regret for the reported incident” and offers his “sincere apologies.”

According to the statement, Obama wrote: “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 deputy police of Khogayani district in Nangarhar province, Haji Mohammad Hassan, told NBC News Thursday that American soldiers had starting firing at protesters who were attacking their base.

He said that an Afghan soldier then turned his weapon on them, shooting six, killing two and injuring four.


Obviously, two murdered Americans and 4 more having been shot is not recompense enough. A formal apology from the leader of the free world, signed in his own hand, and promising punishment for any guilty soldiers caught doing anything like this again must be offered. Wonder how much blood money (tax payer funded settlement) is in the offing. This is how Mr Obama balances a man's worth. Three books versus the lives of two American soldiers.

I'm just going by reading this post above, so I can't offer an opinion. That being said, what should he do about our people being in their country burning their "holy" book? That is their "bible", and we are on their land. Are we at war with the whole country, or just the terrorists?