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KABUL (Reuters) – Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO military base with riot police and soldiers on high alert braced for more violence.
The burning of the Korans at the Bagram compound earlier this week has deepened public mistrust of NATO forces struggling to stabilize Afghanistan before foreign combat troops withdraw in 2014.
Hundreds of Afghans marched toward the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, while on the other side of the capital protesters hoisted the white flag of the Taliban.
Chanting “Death to America!” and “Long live Islam!,” protesters also threw rocks at police in Kabul, while Afghan army helicopters circled above.
Friday is a holy day and the official weekly holiday in Afghanistan and mosques in the capital drew large crowds, with police in pick-up trucks posted on nearby streets.
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Armed protesters took refuge in shops in the eastern part of the city, where they killed one demonstrator, said police at the scene. In another Kabul rally, police said they were unsure who fired the shots that killed a second protester.
Seven more protesters were killed in the western province of Herat, two more in eastern Khost province and one in the relatively peaceful northern Baghlan province, health and local officials said. In Herat, around 500 men charged at the U.S. consulate.
U.S. President Barack Obama had sent a letter to Karzai apologizing for the unintentional burning of the Korans at NATO’s main Bagram air base, north of Kabul, after Afghan laborers found charred copies while collecting rubbish.
Muslims consider the Koran to be the literal word of God and treat each copy with deep reverence. Desecration is considered one of the worst forms of blasphemy.
Afghanistan wants NATO to put those responsible on public trial.
In neighboring U.S. ally Pakistan, about 400 members of a hardline Islamist group staged protests. “If you burn the Koran, we will burn you,” they shouted.
To Afghanistan’s west, Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami said the U.S. had purposely burned the Korans. “These apologies are fake. The world should know that America is against Islam,” he said in a speech broadcast live on state radio.
“It (the Koran burning) was not a mistake. It was an intentional move, done on purpose.”
Most Westerners have been confined to their heavily fortified compounds, including at the sprawling U.S. embassy complex and other diplomatic missions, as protests that have killed a total of 23 people, including two U.S. soldiers, rolled into their fourth day. The embassy, in a message on the microblogging site Twitter, urged U.S. citizens to “please be safe out there” and expanded movement restrictions to relatively peaceful northern provinces, where large demonstrations also occurred Thursday, including the attempted storming of a Norwegian military base.
The Taliban urged Afghan security forces Thursday to “turn their guns on the foreign infidel invaders” and repeatedly urged Afghans to kill, beat and capture NATO soldiers.
Germany, which has the third-largest foreign presence in the NATO-led war, pulled out several weeks early of a small base in the northern Takhar province Friday over security concerns, a defense ministry spokesman said.
(Additional reporting by Amira Mitri in TEHRAN, Imtiaz Shah in KARACHI, Sabine Siebold in BERLIN, Writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman; Editing by Michael Georgy and Ed Lane)
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This is FANTASTIC!!! Wow, what an impact! I would love to do something like this in my home one day…
And hey- thanks for the blog love! I was browsing through your old posts today- you’ve got some serious talent girl! Awesome!
I totally love the wall.. I have a large long wall in my house that needs something like that.. Gives me ideas. thanks
Oops- the above comment from ddelano was actually me. I didn’t know it was defaulting to him :0)
-Wendie
love, love LOVE it!!! Oh if only I had a nice big wall to work with in my tiny home… You are so talented Kara- I am addicted to your blog.
wow! That looks amazing! I would love to get my hands on some of those large prints! You must tell me how.
Greetings from your newest blog stalker! LOL! Your work is amazing, as always. I’m always anxiously waiting for you to post something new on the forum. TFS!!!
I L O V E this wall, all the portraits are all so fabulous!! you have beautiful vision!!
This looks so fantastic. I want something like it in my house! Great JOB!
Unbelievable Kara!!! Come do that for my house! I’ll have to work out some kind of finance plan to pay for it….love it girl!!
ahhhh-mazing!!!! very kara may!!! this is unbelievable. what a beautiful display!!!!
hey there, thanks for the comments on my blog, nice to meet you. you do some pretty amazing work! i am jealous of that entry way. it looks great! come do my house…oh wait i dont have walls tall enough for something like that!
cant wait to see more of your work!
all I can say is “WOW” It’s amazing!! I love it!!
You’ve been hearing this all day… but ‘I’ want to be you someday! drool….
This is the happiest wall EVER!!!
I’m impressed by your work. These shots display your wonderful talent and punch of bright colors!
Oh my word! That looks amazing! What a great idea. You have so many beautiful photos posted on your blog. You are so good!!!
This display is absolutely stunning!!
You finally got all of those boxes unpacked and the goods up on the wall! It looks fantastic! I was so tempted to open one of the boxes when I was there! Hope all is well with you and the rest of the familia!
–Caroline
Yes, I have been thinking and thinking of what to do on my walls. Inspiring. Now I just need to wait for those specials on the canvas.
so cool I really need to do that..get some prints on canvas
thanks for stopping by my blog! i opened up your blog, and all i say say is..WOW…you have some RIDICULOUS talent. I am just in awe…love your work. and your wall…oh you wall…i am truly in love!!!
You have such a beautiful spot to hang all of your work…its amazing!
Kara this looks amazing!! Absolutely beautiful canvases!!
Fabulous! I found you on ILP and had to visit your blog as your name grabbed me! My parents named me “Karimay”. I go by Kari now but I have never met anyone with a name as similar to mine. Your work is to die for…
Wowsers! I just got my first two canvas wraps and am hooked! I love it!
STUNNING!!!!
CAnvas fever!
I just saw your display on Tarah’s recent blog post raving about you. Wow, you are sooooo talented! I hope to be half as good as you someday. So incredibly motivating!
Thanks guys!! You’re the best!! Tyler, the picture I took of the gallery is pretty bad and the lens is a wide angle that distorts things a bit
SO in reality the pictures are level (my husband is anal and used his level on every picture;) ). I should’ve taken a better photo of this since it does look crooked in the picture I posted. Thanks for your comments
um…just to let you know, the top left one is crooked.
O please, this is so Inspirational. I want to become that.
Gasp… wow, this is simply stunning! Pure inspiration. Your work always breath taking!
Fantastic! It’s perfect!
I love Love LOVE it!!!!!
Freakin unreal!! W*O*W* Sometimes I hate you girl
So very impressive and inspiring! As I always say – gorgeous work Kara!
–Lex, NY
This is incredible too, Kara. Very impressive display- you have to make sure you get clients into your house- you will sell a ton of mounts this way!
The display looks fabulous. Care to care the vendor? The canvasses look like great quality.






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