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The Afghan president's office says it has received a letter from President Obama formally apologizing for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
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In the letter, which is quoted in the statement, Obama expresses his "deep regret for the reported incident" and offers his "sincere apologies."
According to the statement, Obama wrote: "The error was inadvertent; I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible."
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/usatoday/article/53216996?odyssey=mod
President Obama apologizes over Quran burning as two US troops shot dead in Afghanistan
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A statement from President Hamid Karzai's office said the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan had delivered the letter from Obama Thursday.
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10485148-obama-apologizes-over-quran-burning-as-two-us-troops-shot-dead-in-afghanistan
madokie
(51,076 posts)I love my President
ETA: You can bet those words won't ring hollow either
young but wise
(869 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)LeftinOH
(5,339 posts)at the US command in Afghanistan to specifically prevent "sensitivity issues" like this one ...which are likely going to cause riots and bloodshed?
We're spending jillions of dollars on this war, and we've been there for a decade; we should know how easy it is to incite the locals --and how relatively easy it is to avoid doing so.