http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/gunsights-to-lose-bible-references...

The US company that has been putting coded biblical references on its gunsights used by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is to provide the military with kits to remove them.

Muslim and religious freedom groups reacted angrily after it emerged that Trijicon has contracts to supply more than 800,000 of the gunsights to the US military. The military said it had been unaware of the inscriptions.

The Australian Defence Force, which has 1051 of the rifle sights, said it would move quickly to address any ''sensibilities''. New Zealand will remove the markings from its rifle sights.

Critics said the company was putting US troops in danger in Muslim nations where the US military presence is already resented.