Afghan dogfight fans outraged by Koran burnings

An Afghan man puts his dog in the trunk of his car after a dogfighting session in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2012. Dogfighting, which was outlawed under Taliban rule, is now legal in the war-torn country with thousands of spectators gathering each Friday from November to March to watch the show.

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American officials' apologies for the burnings of Muslim holy books on a U.S. base in Afghanistan failed to calm the anger felt by some Afghans at a Kabul dogfighting ring, expressing outrage against the United States Friday to the Reuters news agency.

"We call the dogs who lose Americans. We are furious about the Korans," Mirwais Haji, 28, told the wire service as the loser of one dogfight limped out of the dirt ring.

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"We want the Afghan government to bring the people who did this to us," he added. "We will kill them ourselves."

President Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, have apologized for the Koran burnings, saying they were a mistake. Military officials have said the holy books and other Islamic writings were initially removed from a detention center's library because they contained extremist inscriptions.

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A joint U.S.-Afghan investigation found that five American soldiers were directly involved in the burnings, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported Friday, but the unnamed soldiers won't face any possible action until the conclusion of a U.S. Army probe, which is ongoing.

At the dogfighting ring, one man cast the bloody fights as a way of channeling his rage against the United States.

"We are tired of the Americans and what they do with the Korans and other incidents," Akmal Bahadoor, an 18-year-old airport worker, told Reuters as men held down some dogs.

"When we watch these dogs it's a way of expressing our anger against the Americans," he said. "We think the Americans are being attacked."

Read the full Reuters story here

[pbaird2]

They burn our US flag, our books and behead our people. Why do they think we are going to respect them? We should withdraw completely, secure the borders and let them return to the prehistoric age they so much desire.

[erpicferl]

afghanis are f'in retahded.

[HeDoesNotCare]

Another insane thing about this is they use dog-fighting as a way to express their anger [snip] "When we watch these dogs it's a way of expressing our anger against the Americans," he said. "We think the Americans are being attacked." ... YUP! A bunch of inbred psychopaths!:
http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/abuse_connection.php

[Anotheryahoo]

The religion of hate has left this country so dysfunctional that it cant even see that murder is wrong. Why are we in this Islamic mess of a country??? Billions of our own tax dollars being pissed away just as in all the other islamic countrys. Islam has nothing in common with freedom and liberty.

[HeDoesNotCare]

You're correct "Islam has nothing in common with freedom and liberty", however it is alive & well in our/USA judicial system:
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/muslim-admits-attacking-atheist-muslim-judge-dismisses-case

[aldrich617]

Perhaps a few tons of Bibles and Torahs should be left to the
mercies of the rampaging dog-abusers just to test them. Eye
for an eye, and no one has to die.

[BOB-C]

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ~ MOHANDAS GANDHI

[DF68]

LMFAO!

After removing the dogs from the area, I'd be inclined to lob several grenades into the crowd.

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[ludvig1-2009]

Afghanistan would be a good place to test the neutron bombs effectiveness on a wide scale.

[1Iamsad]

Wow. So our sons and daughters have gone to war, died and our tax dollars have been spent to defend a people who advertise that they use violence against innocent animals to feel better and to further their hate for us. That would be the "us" that has been dying to defend them. Let them do to themselves whatever they want. We need to come home and protect our own. Clearly our desire to protect the innocents has been wasted...they enjoy destroying innocence. If this is what they advertise, you can only imagine what they do to the defenseless children and women. Sad.

I too love dogs, I love humans more and we know that if you will harm defenseless animals you will likely harm defenseless humans. We call this psychopathology.

[sirmarion-2009]

Seems we should send Mike Vick to Afghanistan so he can give these ragheads some advice.It woud make so called Marinevet46 happy if nothing else.