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senior analyst, Taneja Group

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Published: 19 Jan 2010 A U.S soldier of the 101st Airborne Division look through his gun during a night patrol in Mandozai, in Khost province, Afghanistan Photo: AP  Troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan are firing weapons with coded inscriptions including 2COR4:6 and JN8:12, which relate to verses in the books of Second Corinthians and John respectively. The secret markings do not sit comfortably with US government rules forbidding its forces from spreading any religious faith during deployments to the two Islamic-majority countries. The branded equipment was produced by the Michigan-based manufacturer Trijicon, which has a contract to supply more than 800,000 sights to the US marines and other branches of the military. The firm confirmed to ABC News that the small inscriptions – which are about the same size as the product code on the sights – relate to New Testament passages. The company was founded by devout Christian Glyn Bindon, and its website carries pledges to live up to the "Biblical standards" that it says made America great. A spokesman for the firm said that the scriptural references "have always been there" on the sights and insisted they did not flout any laws. US military officials said they were not aware of the markings on the Advanced Combat Optical Guides. But secular campaigners accused the company of handing a propaganda victory to US opponents who strive to characterise its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a Crusade. "It's wrong, it violates the Constitution, it violates a number of federal laws," Michael Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation told ABC.…