Riots erupt in Sweden after ‘planned’ Quran burnings, 3 injured by police bullets - Reports of massive riots emerged from Sweden after alleged burnings of the Islamic holy book of the Quran, leaving three injured in the incident.
to rebuild our province. it is a moment for the human spirit to triumph over adversity. more search and rescue teams from around the country have been dispatched to kwazulu natal as recovery operations continue. several arab countries have condemned the alleged burning of copies of the quran by a far right group in sweden. a0 people have been arrested in sweden after several days of clashes between police and protestors trying to stop the quran burnings. danish swedish extremist rasmus paludan says he has already burnt copies of islam s sacred texts and plans to do so again at public rallies. sri lanka is due to begin talks with the international monetary fund about a multi billion dollar loan to help pay for imports of food, fuel and medicines. shortages of basic supplies have prompted a wave of protests
has details. when the top u.s. general in afghanistan was asked this week about the rise in attacks by afghan troops he indicated that he had ordered new measures to protect u.s. service members in the wake of the inadvertent quran burnings and the shooting spree by a u.s. army staff sergeant. we have taken steps necessary on our side to protect ourselves, with respect to, in fact, sleeping arrangements. internal defenses associated with those small bases in which we operate. the posture of our forces. to have someone always overwatching our forces. now the u.s. officials confirm that overwatch includes guardian angels assigned to watch american and nato service members while they sleep, eat, train or exercise. a job previously done by afghan forces. those u.s. service members working as advisors to afghan government ministries have been told to move their desks so their backs are not facing
any doorways. 16 nato troops have been killed by the afghan partners since the beginning of the year. about 20% of coalition deaths. lieutenant colonel robert muchachi is one example. he was shot execution style with a bullet to the back of the head. seated at his desk in the interior ministry shortly after the quran burnings. general allen s new security measures raise some eyebrows. i think it s all very unfortunate. i think that it obviously is a division of manpower and woman power from other responsibilities. there are 9,000 of us. 140,000 coalition forces. we couldn t stay there one week if we were not appreciated by most people. overwhelming majority. because there are 35 million of us. general john allen authorized u.s. troops serving as advisors to carry weapons in to the government ministries where the afghan need to require that they be disarmed.
those victims and see that justice is done. these things in warfare that happen give us all the more reason to have it be avoided. well, u.s. troops are bracing for a backlash, as word of sunday s massacre spreads across afghanistan. afghan president karzai called it an assassination and intentional killing of innocents that cannot be forgiven. the taliban has vowed revenge. atia bowie is live for us. i know your weekend reporting indicated this news has actually been traveling very slowly across afghanistan. and so far, there hasn t been this same type of rioting essentially that we had seen before after the quran incident. what can you report this morning? this. reporter: hi there, chuck. that s a good observation you made, even with the quran burnings, it did take a day or two until the word spread throughout the country and the crowds came out protesting