The Koran is not protected by international law. It’s not sovereign, nor is it an individual. It’s only respected as part of laws that govern civilized societies. However, the moment the Koran is used as tool for terrorists it becomes contraband. If the latest account proves to be true, the US military’s decision to destroy Korans believed to have been used to spread extremists messages, planning, and other forms of communication between terrorists was simply protocol.
The US military is now investigating whether American military officials ordered Qurans to be destroyed because prisoners at a US detention facility were passing extremist messages in them, an International Security Assistance Force spokesman said Wednesday.
“We haven’t got any proof of that yet, and that is a vital part of the investigation that is ongoing,” Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson said in a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.Indeed, the entire library of the Parwan Detention Facility at Bagram Air Base, one of the largest US military facilities in Afghanistan, may have been ordered destroyed because of the extremist messages contained in texts, he added.
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In addition to extremist messages written on Qurans, prisoners at the US detention facility may have been circulating leaflets “that held inflammatory material,” Jacobsen said. The question remains, he adds, “How did Qurans come into this material that was then taken into the burn pit?”
The investigation will also look into whether NATO officials exercised “misjudgment,” or knowingly gave the order to destroy Qurans. “Who basically told soldiers to take it and dispose of it in an improper way?” Jacobson said.
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Well Said Jason.
Thank you. A lot more needs to be said. Maybe the right people will start saying them.