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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Not
even warnings from General Petraeus can deter pastor from commemorating 9/11 anniversary
by burning Korans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
should end well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Courtesy
of Fox News at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/07/pastor-says-church-deterred-petraeus-warning-koran-burning/">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/07/pastor-says-church-deterred-petraeus-warning-koran-burning/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>State
Department Calls Plan to Burn Korans 'Un-American'</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
State Department described as "un-American" plans by a controversial
church to burn Korans in memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks -- though
the head of that church says he is not deterred. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>State
Department spokesman P.J. Crowley called the plan "inflammatory" at a
briefing Tuesday and said it would put U.S. troops and interest around the
world at risk, echoing a concern expressed by the top U.S. commander in
Afghanistan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"It
doesn't represent the vast majority of American views," Crowley said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gen.
David Petraeus, head of Multinational Forces in Afghanistan, repeated his
warning Tuesday that any plans to burn the Muslim holy book -- considered a
major offense in the Islamic community -- would jeopardize U.S. military
efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>But
Terry Jones, pastor of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville,
Fla., says not even protests and death threats will deter him. He told
MyFoxOrlando.com that he and the church's members feel strongly about their
decision to hold the book burning despite being denied a permit from the fire
department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"We understand the general's
concerns, we are taking those into consideration," Jones was quoted
saying. "We feel it's maybe the right time for America to stand up. How
long are we going to bow down? How long are we going to be controlled by the
terrorists, by radical Islam?" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Tuesday, Petraeus said that even
rumors of the possibility the church would hold a Koran-burning touched off
protests in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Images of the burning of a Koran
would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan -- and around the world
-- to inflame public opinion and incite violence," Petraeus said.
"Were the actual burning to take place, the safety of our soldiers and
civilians would be put in jeopardy and accomplishment of the mission would be
made more difficult." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Though the National Association of
Evangelicals and the National Council of Churches have denounced the plan to
burn the Koran, Jones indicated he had support from other churches around the
country. He did not name any, however. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jones said he and members of his
church are taking seriously several death threats directed at them, but if
something happened, it would not be their fault. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"We will not be
responsible," Jones said. "We are only reacting to the violence that
is already there in that religion."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aug. 30: Rev. Terry Jones, seen here
at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., says he plans to burn
copies of the Koran to mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks despite the
potential security threat it will create for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=397 height=224
id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB4EB6.1020CAB0"
alt="jones_terry_koran_397x224.jpg"></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/jones_terry_koran_397x224.jpg">http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/jones_terry_koran_397x224.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seeya
round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moscow,
Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"As
more and more heathens 'choose' to not have children the number of Godly souls
will increase. If the number of Christian births out number the number of
Islamic births the battle will be over in 3 or 4 generations."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-
Doug "No-Clue" Farris (March 10, 2007) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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