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General News 5/4/2009 at 5:35 PM EDT

UPDATE: US Afghan Bibles 'confiscated'

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The US military has confiscated copies of the Bible belonging to Christian US soldiers in Afghanistan. Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking officer in the US military, told Al Jazeera he was not aware of the details of the footage but that the US army was not involved in promoting religion.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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