Weapons company Trijicon takes flak over soldiers' rifle scopes branded with Bible verses

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(ABC News)Along with the sight's stock number, there are coded Bible passages from the New Testament engraved on the sights

A Michigan weapons company is under fire for branding thousands of rifle scopes used by U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan with passages from the Bible.

U.S. military rules prohibit any service member from proselytizing while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, which are primarily Muslim nations.

Trijicon, a sighting manufacturer based in Wixom, Mich., has several multimillion-dollar contracts with the Pentagon to make sights.

Along with the sight's stock number, there are coded Bible passages from the New Testament engraved on the sights. One reads JN8:12, an apparent reference to John 8:12, which says, "Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."


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A few days after 9/11, born-again-Christian George W. Bush, without the aid of speechwriters, put a word on the American purpose that both shaped it and gave it meaning. "This crusade," he said, "this war on terrorism."

"Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!"

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