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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 05:51 PM Mar 2012

Conflicting accounts over Afghan Koran burnings

The controversy began when Korans and other Islamic texts were removed from the library at the Parwan Detention Facility, then taken to the burn pit at the adjoining Bagram Air Field.


The Western official confirmed earlier reports that extremist inscriptions were found inside the texts, including notations apparently scribbled by detainees exchanging messages. He said that after the writings were discovered, two Afghan-American interpreters were assigned to go through the library materials, and 1,652 items were removed and placed in boxes.


A decision was made to dispose of the material because of a lack of storage space and the notes inside, but a group of three soldiers on a garbage detail removed the books before that could be done properly, the official said. He said the soldiers had no idea what they were throwing into the burn pit and insisted none of the material was destroyed before it was removed by Afghan workers


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57390086/conflicting-accounts-over-afghan-koran-burnings/

Does anyone really believe that there is not enough conflict over there....?...lets get out sooner rather than later......



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Conflicting accounts over Afghan Koran burnings (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP
"If it was not intentional, they would not have lied." Igel Mar 2012 #1
Pentagon PR underpants Mar 2012 #2

Igel

(35,293 posts)
1. "If it was not intentional, they would not have lied."
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 09:20 PM
Mar 2012

On the other hand, the only reason that the person could claim it was intentional was that they had lied, thus ruling out simple error.

Hanlon's razor applies here. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Then again, shaving beards is haram so the razor must be discarded with prejudice as an unclean thing, I guess.

This leads to Dad's beard-growth lotion: "If you can claim malice on the part of those you contemn, you must assume malice even in cases in which there is clear evidence to the contrary."

underpants

(182,728 posts)
2. Pentagon PR
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 09:24 PM
Mar 2012

nothing less

"You know there ARE questions about this..." will some point of the news report...if MSM brings this embarassment back up

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