"I offer my sincere apologies for any offense this may have caused, to the President of Afghanistan, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan." Notice the sequence: the puppet president, followed by the puppet government, and then the "noble people" of Afghanistan. Don't you like the phrase "for any offense this may have caused"? What offense? You mean the fact that you decided to set on fire hundreds, and probably thousands, of Qur'ans in a garbage dump? And you thought that this would offend Muslims? Are you kidding me, why? (thanks Basim)