Probe call in Afghan 'convert' row

[IndianaGreen]

Source: Al Jazeera

Probe call in Afghan 'convert' row

A former Afghan prime minister has called for an inquiry after Al Jazeera broadcast footage showing Christian US soldiers appearing to be preparing to try and convert Muslims in Afghanistan.

Ahmed Shah Ahmedzai said there must be a "serious investigation" after military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram were filmed discussing how to distribute copies of the Bible printed in the country's main Pashto and Dari languages.

In one recorded sermon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan, tells soldiers that, as followers of Jesus Christ, they all have a responsibility "to be witnesses for him".

"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," he says.

"Get the hound of heaven after them, so we get them into the kingdom. That's what we do, that's our business."

Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking officer in the US military, told Al Jazeera he was not aware of the details of the footage but that the US army was not involved in promoting religion.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095485025169646.html

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Here is the video:

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2009/05/20095423950874168.html

[Hekate]

1. I wonder if this film was done during the Bush admin, as he encouraged the holy warrior mindset...

... and encouraged missionary activity by civilian groups in his rebuilding plans. Of course they called it something else ("faith-based this or that) but it came down to the same thing.

For Barack Hussein Obama to be the only one to try to stop this will not go over well -- he has to get the Pentagon brass who support his policies and the Constitution to rein in the fundagelicals who took over the Air Force Academy and have tried to co-opt the rest of the military as well.

This can't be allowed to stand in the USA.

Hekate

[Hulk]

2. This is all we needed to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people.

Nice going you nut balls. I hope they all get court martialed for this...INCLUDING the f*cktard chaplain.