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New Zealand said Thursday that Biblical citations inscribed on U.S.-manufactured weapon sights used by New Zealand's e [U.S.A.] troops in Afghanistan will be removed, saying they are inappropriate and could stoke religious tensions.

The Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight rifle sights used by New Zealand troops, which allow them to pinpoint targets day or night, carried references to Bible verses that appeared in raised lettering at the end of the sight stock number.

Markings included ''JN8:12,'' a reference to John 8:12: ''Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 'I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life,''' according to the King James version of the Bible.