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http://ameblo.jp/warm-heart/entry-10098001355.html から転載。 2008-05-18 21:56:54 コーラン狙い射撃訓練、アフガン駐留米軍司令官が謝罪（CNN） --------------------------------------- CNNの英文記事はこちら。 ⇒ http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/17/iraq.quran/index.html BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A soldier used the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology on Saturday. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, flanked by leaders from Radhwaniya in the western outskirts of Baghdad, apologized for the staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader assigned to the headquarters of the 64th Armored Regiment. He also read a letter of apology by the shooter. It was the first time the incident -- which tested the relationship between U.S.-backed Sunni militiamen and the military -- was made public since it was discovered May 11. "I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others at the apology ceremony. "In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers." Another military official kissed a Quran and presented it as "a humble gift" to the tribal leaders. The soldier, whose name was not released, shot at a Quran on May 9, villagers said. The Quran used in the incident was discovered two days later, according to the military. Hammond also read from the shooter's letter: "I sincerely hope that my actions have not diminished the partnership that our two nations have developed together. ... My actions were shortsighted, very reckless and irresponsible, but in my heart [the actions] were not malicious." A tribal leader said "the criminal act by U.S. forces" took place at a shooting range at the Radhwaniya police station. After the shooters left, an Iraqi policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran. Copies of the pictures of the Quran obtained by CNN show multiple bullet holes and an expletive scrawled on one of its pages. A military investigation found the shooter guilty and relieved him of duty; he will be redeployed to the United States for reassignment away from the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, a U.S. official said. "The actions of one soldier were nothing more than criminal behavior," Hammond said. "I've come to this land to protect you, to support you -- not to harm you -- and the behavior of this soldier was nothing short of wrong and unacceptable." Officials said the soldier claimed he wasn't aware the book was the Quran. U.S. officials rejected the claim. Tribal leaders, dignitaries and local security officials attended the ceremony, while residents carried banners and chanted slogans, including "Yes, yes to the Quran" and "America out, out." Sheikh Hamadi al-Qirtani, in a speech on behalf of all tribal sheiks of Radhwaniya, called the incident "aggression against the entire Islamic world." "As the Association of Muslim Scholars condemns this heinous crime against God's holy book, the Constitution of this nation, a source of pride and dignity," the groups statement said, "they condemned the silence by all those who are part of the occupation's agenda and holds the occupation and the current government fully responsible for this violation and reminds everyone that God preserves his book and he [God] is a great avenger."
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コーラン狙い射撃訓練、アフガン駐留米軍司令官が謝罪【CNN 和文と英文】
テーマ：軍事問題（集団的自衛権、基地問題など）
http://www.cnn.co.jp/world/CNN200805180002.html
アフガニスタン駐留米兵がイスラム教の聖典コーランを射撃訓練の的に使っていたことがわかり、駐留米軍司令官のハモンド少将は１７日、公式に謝罪した。
米軍や目撃者らによると、第１旅団第４歩兵師団に所属の米兵１人が９日、射撃訓練でコーランを狙って撃った。使われたコーランは２日後に発見された。ＣＮＮは銃弾によって傷んだコーランの写真を入手している。
ハモンド少将は、バグダッド西郊で開かれた謝罪セレモニーに出席。部族指導者らに向け、「許しを請いに来た」「謙虚な姿勢であなたがたの目を見ながら言いたい。私と部下を許してほしい」などと述べた。
さらに、実際に射撃した米兵の手紙を代読。「自分の行為によって両国の友好関係が損なわれないことを心から願う。私がしたことは、近視眼的で危険で無責任だったが、悪意はなかった」とのメッセージを伝えた。
式典ではまた、別の米兵がコーランにキスをし、「つつましい贈り物」だとして部族指導者らに渡した。
指導者の１人は今回の出来事を「イスラム世界全体に対する攻撃」と非難。米軍は射撃した米兵を別の部隊に異動させる意向を示している。米兵は、的にした本がコーランだとは知らなかったと話していると主張しているが、米軍はこの訴えを退けている。
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice; military apologizes
The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq also condemned the shooter's actions and the U.S. military's belated acknowledgment of the incident.
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