14 killed, dozens injured over Quran desecration protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir [View All]

[Bragi]

Source: Xinhua News

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people including a policeman were killed and dozens wounded Monday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, after police fired warning shots to control the violent protests against the alleged desecration of the holy Quran in the United States, locals said.

The police and government officials are yet to confirm the deaths.

Hundreds of Muslim residents in the region took to roads defying curfew after an Iran based television channel reportedly showed a group of people tearing apart pages of the holy Quran in Washington.

The protesters took to roads shouting slogans "Down with the U. S.!" and "Death to Quran desecrators!"

Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/13/c_13493045.htm

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This and other articles indicate that the news reports of the Koran burnings that triggered this violence are from Iranian media sources, NOT U.S. sources. I point this out because people need to understand that the protests will likely grow in coming days NOT because US media are deliberately inflaming the situation, but because of coverage by Muslim media outlets who are not dependent on US media sources (or friendly to the U.S.) I think we need to stop blaming US media for inflammatory coverage, because that isn't what is happening. In fact, U.S media tried to choke off this story this past weekend, to no avail.