2 More Afghans Die in Protest Over Koran Burning
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
NYT
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Afghans died in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan on Sunday when the police fired into a crowd protesting the planned burning of the Koran in Florida, a day after the burning had been called off.
The deaths bring to three the number of Afghans killed in demonstrations tied to the threat made by Terry Jones, a Florida pastor, to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
Mr. Jones relented under intense pressure from the Obama administration and others, but not before tapping a deep well of anger among Afghans. It was likely that many of those protesting on Sunday in Baraki-e-Barak, a district in western Logar Province, had not heard the news. Mass media is scant in the region.
As of Sunday night there had been no reports on local television about a couple of Koran burnings that did take place on Sunday in Tennessee.
(More here.)
NYT
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Afghans died in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan on Sunday when the police fired into a crowd protesting the planned burning of the Koran in Florida, a day after the burning had been called off.
The deaths bring to three the number of Afghans killed in demonstrations tied to the threat made by Terry Jones, a Florida pastor, to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
Mr. Jones relented under intense pressure from the Obama administration and others, but not before tapping a deep well of anger among Afghans. It was likely that many of those protesting on Sunday in Baraki-e-Barak, a district in western Logar Province, had not heard the news. Mass media is scant in the region.
As of Sunday night there had been no reports on local television about a couple of Koran burnings that did take place on Sunday in Tennessee.
(More here.)
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