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The U.S. military's Afghan Koran burnings: 4 consequences
The U.S. locked down its embassy in Kabul on Wednesday as demonstrators shouted "Death to America" and hurled stones to protest the seizing and burning of Muslim holy books. The burning itself took place at a U.S.-run air base in Bagram that is home to the military's massive wartime prison. The Korans were inadvertently sent to an incinerator because they bore extremist inscriptions that prison officials suspected of facilitating communication between prisoners and people on the outside. Though the U.S. has apologized, how will the incident affect the effort to...
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