US troops not to get 'pornography, pork, propaganda'
Press Trust of India Washington, April 1
US troops in the Gulf will not receive 'Pornography, Pork and Political Propaganda' as the Pentagon has advised their families not to send packages with the "Three Ps" which might "embarrass" host Islamic countries.
But the soldiers can receive Bibles, provided they are not sent by mail, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.
The mail restrictions, announced recently, are due to customs regulations in the predominantly Muslim Gulf nations.
Rules in Muslim host countries such as Kuwait "mostly prohibit the entry of alcoholic beverages, narcotics, munitions, pork and its by-products, pornography and material contrary to the Islamic religion," US Defence Department said.
Also prohibited along with paintings, cards, films and videotapes with nude or semi-nude people are "non-authorised political materials."
Capt Tommy Vaughan, an army chaplain said nothing prohibits soldiers from carrying the Bible. "Soldiers are told they are permitted to carry two books; their soldier's handbook and a Bible." ...
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