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An investigation has been launched into the tradition within the U.S. military of handing out or exchanging coins, often minted with a unit’s emblem or insignia of a senior commander, because one of the coins being handed out has been found to have a Christian message on it, according to reports.

“They have initiated an investigation into that and there is some evidence of an individual that was doing that,” Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, told the Herald-Sun in Australia.

Officials said an unidentified Marine stationed in the Fallujah, Iraq, region is being accused of distributing the coins, carrying a Christian message in Arabic, to Iraqis as they pass through a checkpoint.

“This has our full attention,” Col. James Welch, the U.S. commander in western Iraq, told the newspaper. “We deeply value our relationship with the local citizens and share their concerns over this serious incident.”…

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