Peace and Justice Post

Middle East Online, January 21, 2010


Some US soldiers fear Christian bullies in uniform who outrank them

Biblical references on US military equipment in Iraq stir new ‘Crusader war’ controversy.

WASHINGTON – Controversy was aroused Wednesday after it emerged that the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan were using rifle sights inscribed with coded Biblical references.

The company producing the sights, which are also used to train Afghan and Iraqi soldiers under contracts with the US Army and the Marine Corps, said it has inscribed references to the New Testament on the metal casings for over two decades.

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