U.S. denies letting troops convert Afghans

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

KABUL, May 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. military denied on Monday it has allowed soldiers to try to convert Afghans to Christianity, after a television network showed pictures of soldiers with bibles translated into local languages.

General Order Number 1 from the U.S. military's Central Command forbids active duty troops, including those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, from trying to convert people, considered a crime in many Muslim countries.

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A military chaplain was shown delivering a sermon to other soldiers, saying: "The special forces guys -- they hunt men basically. We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down."

A U.S. military spokeswoman, Major Jennifer Willis, said the comments from the sermon were taken out of context and chaplains were told to make clear to soldiers they could not proselytise while serving.

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"That specific case involved a soldier who brought in a donation of translated bibles that were sent to his personal address by his home church. He showed them to the group and the chaplain explained that he cannot distribute them," she said.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL494884.htm

[baldguy]

1. We didn't send our army there to be the Knights Templar.

[lazer47]

4. your going to hell for that!!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. We're perfect.

:patriot:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Hey look, we denied it...so let's drop it.

:sarcasm:

K&R

[damntexdem]

5. And those Bibles were taken out of context, too.

;-)

[handmade34]

6. not in my name...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200953201315854832.html

[Tempest]

7. Unfortunately, there's pictures of the Bibles being handed over to Afghanis

There was a media blitz a couple of years ago with pictures showing U.S. soldiers handing Bibles to Afghanis.

I'm still looking for them, does anyone else remember this?