Two Afghan protesters were killed today at a Kabul protesting against the burning of the Quran, though of course the Florida church which was planning the burning never actually went through with it.
The protesters were killed by NATO troops, and NATO claimed one of the two slain men was armed. They declined to identify the nationality of the troops who killed the protesters, but insisted no US troops were at the base.
The killings bring the overall toll of the protests to at least five protesters killed and scores of people wounded. Local police claimed that “Taliban agitators” were present at today’s protest though it does not appear they were involved in any clashes with the NATO troops.
Afghan soldiers killed two protesters at a separate rally earlier in the week, and last week NATO troops killed a protester at another rally in Faizabad. A number of Afghan police were also wounded in a protest earlier this week.
More than one Church is burning Korans. Evidently some goof ball in New Jersey managed to lose his coveted government job by exercising his right to burn a Koran. So far Koran burning is the second most effective way to end the wars, The first being electing an anti immigrant party to a few parliament seats (for example the British National Party). I think it is time the anti war movement embrace the lunacy, not fight it. Do it for the children of Afghanistan.
Good Luck to Good luck…. but yuk… My solution is the secular burning of holy books wrapped in the flags of the states that follow these books… An equal opportunity outrage to anger almost all… Maybe ion second thought, a civil dialog about the place of religion in the formation and execution of policy would be better… While we are on the topic of children, what about the trial of Omar Khadir as a war criminal?? What type of people in a SUPREPOWER push the policy of trying this captured CHILD for war crimes, when there are so many better candidates right close at hand there in Washington…. Have these people gone stark raving MAD..???