February 25, 2012, day five of riots and two U.S. officers were killed after a firefight between Afghan government forces and U.S. forces, inside the Afghan Interior Ministry.

One of the U.S. officers was a Colonel, the other a Major. One report says they were shot in the head.  The Interior Ministry compound was filled with hundreds of personnel at the time.

Initial reports said an Afghan government soldier, or police officer, shot and killed the U.S. officers, vengeance for the dozens of Qur’ans burned by U.S. forces at Bagram Airfield.  Other reports say they’re was actually a firefight between Afghan government troops and U.S. troops.

This makes the second time, since the riots began, that two U.S. military personnel were killed by Afghan government forces.

Afghans also tried to storm a UN humanitarian aid compound, but were held back by Afghan police.  At least three people were killed, 47 wounded.

Meanwhile, U.S. officials have been busy visiting Mosques in the United States: “This is an issue we know is of concern, not only to Afghans, but to other Muslims around the world, including in the United States. We want to send a strong signal to the American Muslim community that we deplore what happened and apologize for it.”-George Little, Pentagon

Like I’ve posted before; we’ve heard that excuse how many times now?