American guns inscribed with Bible codes are being used by US forces and Afghans to fight the Taliban. Al Jazeera has discovered that some Afghan soldiers are using guns engraved with coded biblical references. The weapons come from Trijicon, a manufacturer based in Wixon, Michigan, that supplies the US military. The company's now deceased founder, Glyn Bandon, started the practice which continues today. David Chater, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the Afghan capital Kabul, said: "It is a rallying cry for the Taliban. It gives them a propaganda tool. "They've always tried to paint the US efforts in Afghanistan as a Christian campaign." A Nato spokesman in Afghanistan has acknowledged that the practice is inappropriate but said that the guns will remain in use for now.
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