Afghan Protest Over Quran Turns Deadly - Yahoo! News

Afghan Protest Over Quran Turns Deadly - Yahoo! News:

"KABUL, Afghanistan - Shouting 'Death to America,' demonstrators angry over the alleged desecration of the Quran at Guantanamo Bay smashed car and shop windows and stoned a passing convoy of U.S. soldiers Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan. Police opened fire on the protesters, killing four and injuring at least 71. The U.S. troops fired into the air before quickly leaving the area ...
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Demonstrations began Tuesday, when protesters burned an effigy of
President Bush over a report in Newsweek magazine that interrogators at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, placed Qurans on toilets to rattle suspects, and in at least one case 'flushed a holy book down the toilet.'

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The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, one of the largest aid organizations in the country, said staff at its Jalalabad office took refuge on the roof Wednesday as a mob stole, smashed or burned their equipment and torched two of their cars.

Murat Khan, Pakistan's deputy counselor, said the consulate building as well as his boss' residence were in flames.

People broke into two U.N. compounds and burned two cars, a U.N. spokeswoman said.
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Most of the injured were students, he said, adding that many of the injured also suffered gunshot wounds.

University and high school students held similar but peaceful protests in cities in neighboring Laghman province and Khost, further to the south.

Witnesses said students also demanded the release of all prisoners from Guantanamo, and that 'American troops don't stay in Afghanistan forever' — tricky issues likely to be discussed when Karzai meets Bush in Washington later this month."