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Afghan demonstrators burn a U.S. flag during a protest against Quran desecration in Helmand province on Feb. 23, 2012, the third day of violent protests that have left at least 12 people dead.
Omar Sobhani / Reuters
Afghan policemen fire towards protesters during a protest in Kabul on Feb. 23, 2012.
Omar Sobhani / Reuters
An Afghan policeman runs after confiscating a U.S. flag from protesters in Kabul on Feb. 23, 2012.
msnbc.com staff and news services report from KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two foreign soldiers were killed by a man dressed in an Afghan National Army uniform on Thursday, as anger over the burning of copies of the Quran at the country's main NATO air base sparked violent protests for a third day.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered across the country, some chanting "Death to America!", Reuters witnesses and officials said. In eastern Kabul, hundreds of youths threw rocks at police, who fired shots into the air to try disperse the crowds.
On Tuesday thousands of demonstrators besieged the Bagram air base in protest at the alleged burning of copies of the Quran, and the protests spread to other parts of the country on Wednesday.
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Enough is enough, get out of afganistan and let them fend forthemselves. They hate americans, we provide them food, build them schools, WHY? When we americans need the money here! You can't trust these people, look at pakistan all the money we gave them and they played both sides of the fence. Keep the money here in AMERICA! Bolster our defences and build a shield around our borders.
I say we all get together and burn their flag/koran or whatever. The American flag is as important to Americans as their Koran is to them. These people have way too much time on their hands. They should all be out there looking for the Taliban.
Religious nuts are religious nuts. Christians in this country would also be protesting if foreigners were here burning their bible. It was careless of our military to burn the Koran. These consequences could have been predicted. I say we send all religious fanatics, be they Muslim, Christian, or some other faith, to some uninhabited island and let them fight it out to the end. Good riddance.
Please don't put Christians in among this mess over there. Christians would not be firing guns and killing people over burning the bible. They should be prayed for. As far as the our troups being there, I agree with others that we should get out and let the Afgans fight for themselves. They have played us for too long taking our money and americans lives and nothing has changed.
But they do burn our bibles, our flags, church and persicute our ministers killing anyone who does not believe the way they do.
desertman1, "Please don't put Christians in among this mess over there. Christians would not be firing guns and killing people over burning the Bible." Bull@!$%#. The only difference with The Christians, especially those in this country, is they are fat and happy with 3 cars, 3 tvs and bellies full of food. You take all that away from them, put them in a desert with nothing to eat and no medical care for their kids, and they'd make the Muslims look like saints!!
Tim McCain, "The only difference with The Christians, especially those in this country, is they are fat and happy with 3 cars, 3 tvs and bellies full of food..."
Why don't we send you out there? You seem to be just as pissed off at Christians as the Muslims are. What makes you any better? Take your cars and possessions away and put you in a dessert. I bet you would make Christians and Muslims seem like angels.
Folks, it's muddled together at this point. We're not wanted in the middle east, but we could have broken through eventually on a social platform with the people of Afghanistan. Now we're back to square one because idiots lit a book they find sacred on fire. It's like getting Christians to trust you cautiously and then lighting the bible on fire in front of their church. We NEED to be there to fight the Taliban, but we'll only make it harder to do so if we piss off the very people of the land and make them prefer the Taliban over us. I thought we wanted to help Afghanistan and fight the Taliban, but i think this show's the soldier's impression is only for the latter. I haven't heard of anyone on that NATO base trying to stop the Qur'an burning.
They, middle east countries, have always been fighting and killing each other before the birth of Jesus Christ. I say we don't need to be there dieing for them, giving them money or military aid . They are richer than us anyway . Look at how they control the rest of the world with their oil. Let them kill each other so we don't have die for their neanderthal religious ways. They are like fire ants,we stir them (Taliban)up everytime we go there.They start new mounds in other countries, so leave them alone and let them make one mound, and when it gets big DROP THE NUKES!!! LOL
I'm sorry to admit it, but if we did nuke them I can't say I'd feel bad for doing it.
Why would anyone do something that they know will have a violent reaction? That is just insane. It's almost like it was done on purpose. Just stupid. NATO is not just Americans but the hate is being targeted at us because some idiots did something. Really, really stupid.
It's just an excuse for a bigger problem.
HEY! are they burning our flag? bastards, i say we burn a quran.... oh wait thats what this is about huh? this is pathetic already. man i bet you could flick a booger in the name of alah and they would find a reason to riot. that religon is so so peaceful.
P.S. do you know alah backwards is hala? hala at me later!
nuke the area for morbid !!!