A US marine in Iraq has been removed from duty following claims that he handed out coins inscribed with biblical verses in Arabic.
Residents in Falluja had complained that the coins were being distributed at a checkpoint, the US military said.
US troops are forbidden from proselytising any religion.
The case comes a week after US President George Bush made a personal apology over a US soldier in Iraq shot holes into a version of the Koran.
In the Falluja incident, a military statement said a service member had been discharged "amid concerns from Falluja's citizens regarding reports of inappropriate conduct".
A report from McClatchy News Service carried a photo of a silver coin it said had been distributed in the Iraqi city.
Written in Arabic script on one side of
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