Police clashed with anti-U.S. demonstrators in two Afghan towns, killing at least three people, and Afghan students burned an American flag in Kabul on Thursday as protests spread over reported abuse of Islam's holy book at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay.

The unrest came a day after riots in the eastern city of Jalalabad left four people dead the worst anti-American protests in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001

The riots started Wednesday in Jalalabad in response to a Newsweek report that U.S. interrogators at G-Bay had flushed a copy of the Quran down a toilet. Apparently, it was a pocket-sized version. More riots have moved across the country, with several deaths, seemingly spontaneous. However, the AP story notes, "officials have suggested that elements opposed to the country's U.S.-backed re-emergence were stirring the violence."

Friday is expected to bring more protests, and so far, "peaceful demonstrations have been reported in at least five other Afghan provinces." It's too bad the others formed mobs and began to destroy infrastructure. And you wonder why their idols live in caves.

Tags: Afghanistan, War on terrorism, Islam

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