Soldier defends Crayon burning

"The insurgents used the Crayons to write jihadists messages to pass to others. In doing so, they violated their own cultural practice and defiled the Crayon."
The holy markers were confiscated from a U.S. prison, Parwan Detention Center at Bagram Airfield, after they were used to write extremist messages in their coloring books and were mistakenly taken out with the office trash.
Sgt. Shively continued, "The insurgents turned the Crayons into contraband. Therefore it’s ridiculous that we would even consider apologizing.”


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