WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- President Bush has expressed his "deep concern" and regret to Iraq's prime minister over the desecration of a Quran by an American soldier, the White House said Tuesday. President Bush called Nuri al-Maliki over the incident, al-Maliki's office says. The leaders are seen in September. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Bush spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday in one of their regularly scheduled secure video teleconferences. "President Bush expressed his deep concern over the incident and told Prime Minister Maliki that the soldier has been reprimanded by his commanders and removed from Iraq," Johndroe said.
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Nuri al-Maliki's office: President Bush "promised to present the soldier to the courts"
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An American staff sergeant used a Quran for target practice
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Iraqi Islamic Party has demanded "the severest of punishments" for the soldier
After the shooters left, an @placeholder policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran.