Saturday, May 31, 2008

US MARINE

US marine removed over coin claim

File photo of Marines at a checkpoint in Falluja
The coins were reportedly distributed at a checkpoint in Falluja

A US marine in Iraq has been removed from duty following claims that he handed out coins inscribed with biblical verses in Arabic.

Residents in Falluja had complained that the coins were being distributed at a checkpoint, the US military said.

US troops are forbidden from proselytising any religion.

 

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