U.S. marines in hot water over Christian coins in Iraq

AFP reports:

The US military said on Friday it was probing complaints that marines handed out coins inscribed with a verse from the Bible to a group of Sunni Muslims in Iraq, sparking outrage among local residents.

It said a service member involved in the incident in the former flashpoint city of Fallujah west of Baghdad was removed from his duties on Thursday . . .

The BBC carries this related report: US marine removed over coin claim.