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February 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The comments come as US soldiers have once more affronted the Islamic beliefs by torching copies of the Holy Qur’an in the war-torn Middle-Eastern country.
The action was strongly responded to by mass protests of the angry Muslim nation of Afghanistan, which also led to the killing of at least 11 Afghan protesters.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Reverend Nadim Nassar, the director of Awareness Foundation from London to get his insights on the issue of the recent US soldiers burning of the Muslims holy book of Qur’an.
The video also offers the opinions of two other guests: Dignity, Human rights and Peace organizer, Dr. Randy Short from Washington and Senior Editor of Veterans Today, Gordon Duff from Ohio.
What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview.
Press TV: It is hard to believe that US troops involved in this torching of the holy book- the Qur’an- at Bagram air base, that they did not know what they were doing?
I mean tossing; it has been reported that they tossed the Qur’an into a burn pit that was mixed in with other trash. I mean ten years into this war, they know what the protocols are in terms of handling this holy book.
Nassar: I think the problem which is now the more global we go, this problem insists to appear as something very, very important and this problem is ignorance.
This is very true what you said that they did not know what they were doing. Because of that I would say two things:
One thing is what they did was senseless and stupid; and second you cannot be a guest in a country and offend the country by insulting the religion or culture or something holy for the people.
Because of that I think what the soldiers did was disgraceful not only in the eyes of Muslims but in the eyes of all religions around the world.
Press TV: And tell us though when we look at the protocol reverend, the protocol clearly instructed in the booklet that has been given to soldiers talks in detail, how to handle the holy book -the Qur’an- where to place it, in what ways to carry it.
So, it puts into question whether the intents knowing this was just a lack of disregard for this book, which later we are going to get to a lack of disregard by US soldiers on Afghan lives.
Nassar: I think the problem of instructions in the army is very, very important and that raises the question of the discipline of the soldiers and how much did the soldiers follow the instructions they were given. I think also they are not aware of the depth of their mission in Afghanistan.
First of all, they should not be there in the first place and second they are there to bring values as America claims.
So, if the soldiers were aware of their mission and the vision of their country to what they are doing in Afghanistan, I think soldiers wouldn’t have had the courage to do such offensive and ridiculous act as burning the Qur’an.
I would also say the same thing to the pastor who did the same in Florida. I think it is a reactionary act. It is ignorant and it is impulsive, at that moment you want to hurt the other. This is unacceptable.
Press TV: Reverend Nadim Nassar, I’d like to back to you, talk a little bit more about what the US has done in that country.
It has been reported that the US has used depleted uranium; reports of cluster bombs being used, the night raids that have killed innocent civilians, also the use of assassination drones, repeated torture allegations at Bagram, try to paint a picture of what US has done in that country which all seem to point that to a large degree there just is a disregard for human life?
Nassar: That is true but first of all let me say that the gentleman who spoke after me, I think he also showed some ignorance, because he put America and talked about these soldiers and he assumed that they are Christians and this is very sad when we assume that America is Christianity.
I am sorry, America does not represent Christianity and I am personally against any military intervention, American or British or any other country into the affairs of another country.
Any military intervention carries within it Violence, killing, violating the human rights, you name it.
Of course there are huge atrocities done in the name of America and in the name of democracy and in the name of values in Afghanistan and not only in Afghanistan; in Iraq and in Palestine and in the whole of the Middle East.
But I want to differentiate between America and Christianity, and please do not put the two in the same box because America is the last one to represent Christianity in the world.
MY/VG/GHN
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