‘Die, Die, Foreigners!’: 2,000 Angry Afghans Rally Against the Burning of Korans at a U.S. Air Base
- Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:02am by
Billy Hallowell
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An Afghan protestor, left, shouts slogans near burning security booth in front of the US base of Bagram during an anti US demonstration in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
KABUL, Afghanistan (The Blaze/AP) — More than 2,000 angry Afghans rallied Tuesday against the inadvertent burning of Korans and other Islamic religious materials during trash disposal at an American air base. They demanded to meet the country’s president over the issue and threatened to demonstrate again if their demand was not met.
U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, apologized and ordered an investigation into the incident, which he was “not intentional in any way.”
The incident stoked anti-foreign sentiment that already is on the rise after nearly a decade of war in Afghanistan and fueled the arguments of Afghans who believe foreign troops are not respectful of their culture or Islamic religion.
Here‘s Allen’s apology:
Early Tuesday, as word of the incident spread, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the sprawling Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul in Parwan province. As the crowd grew, so did the outrage.
“Die, die, foreigners!” the demonstrators shouted. Some fired hunting guns into the air. Others threw rocks at the gate of the base.
Ahmad Zaki Zahed, chief of the provincial council, said U.S. military officials took him to a burn pit on the base where 60 to 70 books, including Korans, were recovered. The books were used by detainees once incarcerated at the base, he said.
“Some were all burned. Some were half-burned,” Zahed said, adding that he did not know exactly how many Korans, the Muslim holy book, had been burned.
Zahed said five Afghans working at the pit told him that the religious books were in the garbage that two soldiers with the U.S.-led coalition transported to the pit in a truck late Monday night. When they realized the books were in the trash, the laborers worked to recover them, he said.
“The laborers there showed me how their fingers were burned when they took the books out of the fire,” he said.
Afghan Army Gen. Abdul Jalil Rahimi, the commander of a military coordination office in the province, said he and other officials met with protesters, tribal elders and clerics to try to calm their emotional response. “The protesters were very angry and didn’t want to end their protest,” he said.
One protester, Mohammad Hakim, said if U.S. forces can’t bring peace to Afghanistan, they should go home.
“They should leave Afghanistan rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith,” Hakim said. “They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body.”
Later, however, the protesters ended the rally and said they would send 20 representatives from the group to Kabul to talk with Afghan parliamentarians and demanded a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Rahimi said.
In a statement, Allen offered his apologies to the president and people of Afghanistan and thanked the local Afghans “who helped us identify the error, and who worked with us to immediately take corrective action.”
“We are thoroughly investigating the incident and are taking steps to ensure this does not ever happen again,” Allen said. “I assure you, I promise you, this was not intentional in any way.”
The governor’s office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan called the incident a “shameful move by some stupid individuals.”
Zia Ul Rahman, deputy provincial police chief, said between 2,000 and 2,500 protesters demonstrated at the base.
“The people are very angry. The mood is very negative,” Rahman said while the rally was going on. “Some are firing hunting guns in the air, but there have been no casualties.”
Police said a similar protest on Tuesday just east of Kabul ended peacefully.
In April 2011, Afghans protesting the burning of a Koran by a Florida pastor turned deadly when gunmen in the crowd stormed a U.N. compound in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif and killed three staffers and four Nepalese guards.
Separately, officials in Helmand province in the south said insurgents beheaded four people Sunday night in Washer district on the charge that they were spies.
“The militants told the local people that they were guilty because they were carrying satellite phones,” provincial spokesman Daoud Ahmadi said.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said that the militant group was not involved in the killings.
Also in the south, a NATO service member died Tuesday as a result of a non-battle related injury. The U.S. led coalition gave no further details about the death. So far this year, 44 NATO service members have been killed in Afghanistan.
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Comments (162)
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:00am.
Report Post »When their all in a bunch like that, Chunk‘in Rock’s & Hollering like Ernest T. Bass call in a Drone Strike…….
oldguy49
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:07amyep…….when you relegion teaches you to lie to infidels and behead them i guess any excuse will do………….if i had a quran i would burn it and not think twice
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:10amp.s. who is the prioity non believer to behead…… a christian or an athiest…and who will defend the athiest
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:14ammore american hubris and stupidity.just like in viet nam-we’re at war with the people of afghanistan.We lost there,we’ll lose in afghanistan-all those americans injured or killed for nothing .
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:17amGet out.
Report Post »johnnyman311
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:29amBingo!
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:29amWhy are we in Afghanistan? Nothing has changed in that region in 5000 years.
We are so arrogant to think we will make any long term difference and we are going to suffer for it just like the soviets. Meanwhile, violent organized criminals stream accross our southern border….
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:59amoldguy49, Islam and Muhammad hate the Jews most, after that Christians supposedly have some sort of special place since Muhammad stole his religion from parts of the Bible, but in reality that special place doesn’t mean much, after that all other religions including atheism deserve no protection and must die. So really no one other than Muslims gets a break.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:16amAB5r:
So Billy AB5r can post their crap but not me? What’s that all about Billy? lol Billy do you have a dog in this race?
Report Post »one-icon
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:18amThe U.S. government are pawn and puppets. They always apologize for the Koran, yet just a few weeks ago they confiscated bibles and burned them.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:19am@SoupSandwich You go back to WW1 to make some kind of point regarding the US getting involved in countries who don‘t want us and situations we don’t belong. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. If you don’t see this all as a replacement for the BS communist domino theory than your purposely not looking. The military industrial complex in the US needs a cause to support war and make money. To suggest our involvements have anything to do with real foreign policy or nation building is a joke.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:42amab5r…….my response to athiest was the fact that they are trying to get chistians out of school and gov…….however we {christians} will let them live and defend them against muslims…….yet they still fight us
Report Post »Marytrece
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:17amSSSSoooooo tired of the US bowing down and kissing their a$$es!!!! QUIT APOLOGIZING TO THE WORLD!!!!!
Report Post »4XGrace
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:25amNo need to apologize! Burn some more! In fact fire up the printing presses just to burn more!
Report Post »Islam is no religion of peace … it’s a cult of DEATH!
Burn, burn, burn. And Burn again any, all and EVERY book, paper and scrap that has anything to do with Islam!
AmericanStrega
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:37am“It’s me, It’s me, It’s Ernest T!
Report Post »DYNA
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:38amAnother example of where the liberals definition of diversity stinks. Another example of a culture that is incompatible with freedom.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:09pmBut the americans have apolologized.that undermines your genocidal agenda-america apologizing to muslims is the last thing you genocidists expected to hear.Once again the reality on the ground trumps your narrative and your agenda.
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:16pmSend a drone strike for protesting? Are you serious!? Your mad that they are mad about the military burning holy book and you think an appropriate response would be to kill them all. Wow, you sound like the worse kind of dictator who when does something that is offensive to people, instead of taking responsibility for it, you would rather kill them all. You would find like company with Stalin, Hitler, and other dictators.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:00pm.
Captain77 we should have killed them all 10 years ago, when all this started. But when you PLAY at War, you get alot of good men killed for no reason. Kill‘em till you have what’s left bent over like Obama waving a White Flag with one hand, & holding a tube of KY in the other.
It’s them or us, their words not mine. And this Monkey takes sides with US……..
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:36pmWith a slight revision.
“They should leave Afghanistan rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith,” Hakim said. “They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body.”
“They should leave America rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith,” . “They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Bible, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body.”
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges11
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 5:09pm” ‘Die, Die, Foreigners!’: 2,000 Angry Afghans Rally Against the Burning of Korans at a U.S. Air Base … ‘we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body’.”
Cool! And Ripley agrees with your assessment:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q
jb.kibs
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:04pmah ok, i see, so the minister who was going to do it is bad… but the military doing it in front of people they know are going to get upset about it is good.. yeah, i see the logic here..
antagonism? you people are fools for ignoring the golden rule…
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:51pmRose Ellen says, “…more american hubris and stupidity…” Exactly what she is spouting.
Report Post »Still, Gen Allen is a dickwad, bowing to the moozies just like his POS CIC does. Just like Betrayus. How can we expect our troops to fight a war when we have politicians and wusses leading them?
PresidentDowngrade
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:15pmI was laughing my arse off all day about this…OHHH ALLAH the infidels have burned your great book oooohhhhhhh allllaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhh…hahahahahahahahahaha
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:22pmbring ‘em home. i can hardly stand the US government meddling in MY OWN country…
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:58amI say burn every koran you come across. Or use the pages as wiping materal.
Report Post »Thecoolhandluke
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:12amThen I say that you are an idiot…
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:26am@Thecoolhandluke
Report Post »You can say what you want its free speech. Trash is trash does the name you use in your postings mean that you are cool or the stupid one.
JRook
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:21amTo comment at all implies there is some even remote level of intelligence conveyed in your comment. What would be your comment and the majority of comments here if it was a report of the Afghans burning 70 bibles?
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:29amJRook
Report Post »It would not bother me a bit it would be their right. Do you buitch when the flag is burnt
SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:59pm@JROOK
Report Post »Here’s the difference. Christians wouldn’t be screaming Die Foreigners, Die! The millitary has already purposefully burned Bibles in Afghanistan and the low life David Patreus admitted to it and ordered it. So get of your self righteous rant about how judgemental christians are. In fact, we are promised by Jesus Himself that we will be persecuted. We expect it. We’re just pointing out the double standard. So, you keep defending those that would cut off your childrens heads as soon as look at them and keep on mocking us. You’ve chosen your side. I pray God changes your mind.
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:28pm@Squidvetohio, Yes, no self-described Christians on this board would ever advocate violence.
Whoops, except Spankdamonkey: “When their all in a bunch like that, Chunk‘in Rock’s & Hollering like Ernest T. Bass call in a Drone Strike…….”
But he’s the only one. Oh, except Zabo: “if it was my call, you dirty PIG islamists can kiss our american butts. i would burn down every part of your being! PIGS.”
But that’s all, except Gonzo: “Kill ‘em all and come home.”
or Oldguy49: “kill them all and let god sort them out…………in their case should be a snap for god”
Meh, no big deal that a significant percentage of posts on this link call for violence against these people, right Squid?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:45pm@SquidVetOhio Not sure which is funnier, the average commenter here calling someone else self righteous or you inability to read the hate comments here…. and the story was about burning the Koran.
Report Post »johnnyman311
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:58amThey expose themselves in rage of the quran.. now rules of engagement begin…….
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:58amWhat do they need the Quran for, they can’t read! Oh yeah, it’s how they prove to each other that they belong to the same cult. It’s like a life insurance policy, I mean who reads them?
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:04amThat is a very good point! Most of them are illiterate…
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:55amBring our troops home. These savages aren’t worth spilled American blood
Report Post »mutslie
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:32amI agree ‘wholeheartedly with you,’ seems to me no one cares about American lives & limbs’,& taxpayer dollars,’ I dont even know what the U.S. is doing there,’maybe someone can tell me here?
If these muzslums (muslims) are civilians say‘ gee’s the taliban would be an angry mob, ah‘ the religion of piece what a load of ’horse manure’ ( horsesheitzen’)…..’leave the goat herding burkaheaded peasants to rot!……. I reck‘n I reck’n!
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:33amThat’s what I thought when reading the article. It used to be Americans were feared and revered, but no longer. We need to recapture those qualities.
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:59amBring them home and secure OUR borders! Could it be more clear that we are not wanted there?
Report Post »amdoktor
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:23pmThe Military Industrial complex has to have war as promised by the Dems & Repubs. It will not stop unless we get a true Constitutional President. We need to break up the crony paybacks, lies of fear and danger. The media, congress, laughs at the American people for their stupidity, and how we can control them. Wake up before it to late. We are antagonizing these Countries, picking fights, slapping sanctions because we are going to change them? They hate us because we will not get out and leave them alone. Blowback X occupation = disaster and WWIII.
Report Post »God bless us all
Lord_Frostwind
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:58pmIf I hear one more dumpkof spouting off about the military industrial complex I’m going to go beat up a hippy! If that theory was even half true, then it would actually be detrimental for a country thriving off military production to be constantly involved in wars. Instead it would be better served by causing chaos around the world then arming up the various factions while keeping the best for themselves as an insurance policy. Like what the Russians do.
There’s a reason arms dealers or your mythical “military industrial complex” don’t get themselves involved, they’re happy to let the others kill each other with their products.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:32pmThey are crazy and we are stupid for still being over there. so i guess there is some sort of natural selection occuring
Report Post »Nunyunuwi
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:53amOh well, things happen. Lets see when the Settlements of Israel were taken, the holy sites destroyed, holy books burned, flags of Israel & America burned, and all of the above Evil done by the followers of Islam well- thereligionofpeace.com is a great missionary site of world Islam, I know not all of Islam are terrorists, however all terrorists world wide over 90% ARE Islamist. I say for every Bomb, suicide bomb, Jihad attack, US Military person or contractor killed should burn 100 Korans. Just a book, If they are peaceful as they claim, then burning book should be over looked. Like Christians and other non Islamic’s have overlooked the chaos put upon them daily over the world by the peaceful religion of peace… these drones just need an excuse to be violent.
Report Post »SGT Rock
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:53amFor being Christian folks I sure here alot of chest beating and demands to kill the muslims, not very Christianlike. My take is to leave and let the muslims kill the muslims and while we come home and fix our problems and strengthen our country back to what it could be. This watered down week kneed America is becomming a victim to all the bully nations. Time to lift weights and gain our strength back and become the baddest dog around so noone messes with us. We are a nation of freeking poodles now and every other dog is laughing at us and beating us sensless. Oh I forgot muslims dislike dogs, even better.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:02amDo you get a wet spot on your pants when Ron Paul speaks ?
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:43ameh???
Anyhoo, I have a trunk load of pickle pigs feet…just in case…
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:02pmI think a middle school english teacher just keeled over reading your post. It was a grammar and spelling apocolypse!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:47amI am so sick of Americans having to apologize to these savages. They are the most vile, hate filled people on planet earth.
Report Post »Preach violence, threaten violence and commit violence……….Islam.
The_Jerk
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:52amWhy do we remain? Who’s the fool?
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:44amWhat do we do with mad dogs? These dogs are rabid.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:43am“One protester, Mohammad Hakim, said if U.S. forces can’t bring peace to Afghanistan, they should go home.”
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There will never be peace in the middle east. The muslims are offended at the slightest things and make mountains out of molehills over any little incident. I think we should just get out of Afghanistan and leave the people to the Taliban, if they hate us that much. All I have ever heard are complaints coming from them. The next time the Taliban is oppressing you people and chopping of body parts, call Russia or China. Also, NO MORE foreign aid for any middle east country.
oldguy49
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:16ammaking mountains out of mole hill……….you mean they are democrats!!!
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:41am“They should leave Afghanistan rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith,” Hakim said. “They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body.”
Report Post »YES! The US must leave, and now. We should have left years ago and left them to their own devices, but Karzai wants USA funding to keep flowing.
The Koran is a WARRIOR “religion” not a peaceful one. They sure don’t mind burning and stomping on our Bible and flag…I have NO respect for their evil “religion”.
The_Jerk
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:52amThe words were, “‘Die, Die, Foreigners!’” It’s true. America must stop this Wolfowitz Doctrine of perpetual war. America must stop with this nation building policy. Imagine the infrastructure improvements that we could have made right here with the trillions of dollars that we have wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Report Post »It’s the bankers, money usurers, Shylocks, that are bringing us down. And, you mentioned Karzai. Check him out. He’s an old, well connected, oil man.
watashbuddyfriend
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:41amIt is not in the Cards of the True God to change stupidity, so bring all Americans home!
Report Post »Ohevi
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:39amBut it’s ok to try and stone christians, and smash babies heads against walls of churches, hack them with machetes and burn them alive, right?!? Burn a Koran?!? I go out of my way to wipe my bum with pages ripped from that satanic book, every time to go dookie.
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:35ama BOOK of LIES.. a man made CULT not a religion. murdering muslums care not whom you are a convert or infidel they will KILL you for made up reason.. there IS no allah thats a stone idol false n exposed. so burning books of a false religion.. accusing the us of hitler tactics. as IF thats calling the kettle black,…
Report Post »Tandem2011
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:31amRemember when the Taliban lizards blew up the ancient Buddha statue in Afghanistan not that long ago? They deserve no respect in any shape or form, including the Koran.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:34amI dare they burn a book with Obama’s picture on the cover
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:30amLet me see, they burn down Christian churches all over the mid east, with people in them. They kill people for converting to another faith. Stone and kill women they say are unfaithfull. (by the way, anybody know what happens to the man in that triangle?) Behead and hang people, including little boys, on the flimsiest evidence, usually tortured out of these poor folks, all because they say the Koran says so. How can any sane person believe in the holiness of such books and it’s teachings? They even kill each other for different interpretations of what they read in it. Sorry. It’s a world class hate book.
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:25amThats funny a muslim holy book which they claim is guide for peace love and understanding,yelling death threats to americans,If the holy bible was inaverently destroyed,christians would pray for the forgivness of the book burners.Just goes to show the difference between the teachings of the lord God and alla.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:22amGive them all an assault rifle and come home
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:22amI wonder if Vegas is taking bets on Karzi’s life expectancy after America retreats. Under 60 days is my bet and the Taliban gets all the shiny new weapons we have given the Afghan “army”.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:15amWatch how our military is forced by the Obama administration to scurry to apologize and make amends to Afghan Muslims over the burning of those Korans. Now contrast that with the callous disregard that the Obama has shown towards violating the religious beliefs of American Catholics. Hmmmm.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:26amRemember a few years back when our gov’t. burned Bibles to appease these barbarians?? We need to leave this place and let the barbarians go back to killing each other.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:27amI am in agtreement with one thing here. GET OUT of Afghanistan and get out NOW. Those ignorant hateful people are not worth one American life or one penny of our treasure. Leave them to their own devices. If they want to live under the Taliban and abuse their own people, including their women, so be it. It is their country and they are welcome to it. Just one note on the way out: Run your country any way you want, mess with our country and we will destroy you……Just sayin’
Report Post »ZABO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:12amagain our military under capt. BLOWBAMA has to say sorry! F-U we aren’t sorry . if it was my call, you dirty PIG islamists can kiss our american butts. i would burn down every part of your being! PIGS.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:17am… and 1,998 of those camel kickin‘ Afghans can’t read!
Report Post »Tandem2011
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:38amThe Afghanis are too ignorant to appreciate what we tried to do there. But Obama has made matters worse because he’s not smart either…except in successfully pushing Neo-Communism around the Americas because most citizens have been dumbed-down by our schools since Mao and Stalin.
Report Post »justanotherparatrooper
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:12amNot a word would be said if this was burning Bibles,intentional or not. Withdraw the troops and the next time some third world hee hole pulls or threatens to pull crap on us level the place every city/military installation with MOAB’s. the onl thing they respect is force and brutality.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:20amExactly. Bibles being burned would gain NO attention, from the Afghans, OR from obama.
Report Post »Also, recall the book burning of what I recall was a Bill O’Reilly book shipment last year.
It was explained away that they have no room for storage, and they must burn everything they cannot keep.
Gonzo
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:11amKill ‘em all and come home.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:46amI love you GONZO.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:08pmi believe the correct phrase is……….kill them all and let god sort them out…………in their case should be a snap for god
Report Post »skiz
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:10amSo…the obama administration had bibles that had been sent to our troops burned.
Report Post »And now this is a big deal.
Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:07amDon’t apologize. Clearly you did the right thing, you are just ahead of your time…
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:39amI would burn them to, its an EVIL book, and they are EVIL people. Obummers brothers and sisters.
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