Kicking around the Koran.

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The Pentagon was forced to apologize in August after it airdropped soccer balls into Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse reports. Intended to win over local support as part of a "hearts and minds" campaign, the gesture backfired because there were Koranic verses on the soccer balls. People protested, "saying it was insulting for texts from the...

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