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Gainesville minister: Quran burning canceled; ground zero mosque will move
The Tampa Tribune / The Associated Press ^ | September 9, 2010 | Ray Reyes and The Associated Press

Posted on 09/09/2010 1:43:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

GAINESVILLE - FBI agents visited today with a minister of a small Florida church that plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, as public safety became a paramount concern and President Barack Obama added his voice to the chorus of opposition. Elsewhere, hundreds of angry Afghans burned an American flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" to protest the planned burning of Islam's holiest text. Obama urged the Rev. Terry Jones to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan.(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at 2.tbo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; baptists; blackpanthersaok; ericholder; fbi; federalbureauofislam; florida; hillary; islam; jihad; koran; muslims; newyork; obama; quran; religion; terryjones; wot
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To: mlizzy

The Iman is getting his orders from Mulas oversees....this is no longer between the Iman and the Pastor...the powers that be are sparing in this ......which is why Interpol has been put on alert.


181 posted on 09/09/2010 3:14:13 PM PDT by caww
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To: penelopesire
...The story had already broken before Petraeus made his statement...

That's right but it was low key and the media wasn't making much of it. Someone as high up as Petraeus mentioning it in the manner that he did pretty much demanded that the media cover it at that point.

182 posted on 09/09/2010 3:15:09 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Yoiks...and away!!)
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To: FReepaholic

Yep...and Petraeus gets his orders from Obama.....which is who is moving this whole affair....such a slime!


183 posted on 09/09/2010 3:16:44 PM PDT by caww
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To: 6SJ7

May get that chance . . . now the Muzzies are gonna want to build a victory mosque on the church property because they backed down.


184 posted on 09/09/2010 3:17:28 PM PDT by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: algernonpj

I was always afraid that would happen.


185 posted on 09/09/2010 3:18:15 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: manc

Exactly.


186 posted on 09/09/2010 3:19:38 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: FReepaholic

The buck stops with the Commander in Chief...Obama....but I agree that Petraeus should have never elevated the whole thing. My guess was that the media asked him to comment on the whole thing or else Obama did. This doesn’t sound like something Petraeus would have done on his own.


187 posted on 09/09/2010 3:19:45 PM PDT by penelopesire (FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
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To: SE Mom

It was probably the call from the IRS that did the trick.


188 posted on 09/09/2010 3:20:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

I keep Fox on for breaking news (ie, if all hell breaks loose I want to know, and I assume they will come on and say something, but I could be wrong) but I keep FR on as well because there I generally find the truth. Without the internet I fear I would be a blathering idiot like everyone else.


189 posted on 09/09/2010 3:22:31 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: penelopesire

I knew the day Obozo picked Petraeus, he was on a collsion course with total ruination.

Good he has a retirement. At least he still does at this moment. Nothing can erase his shame.


190 posted on 09/09/2010 3:22:47 PM PDT by dforest
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To: caww

Well, if the Iman will no longer meet with the pastor this Saturday as was planned?, that will leave the pastor with Saturday free again (to go back to burning books?) ...


191 posted on 09/09/2010 3:23:45 PM PDT by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is sending best wishes to Muslims worldwide as they celebrate Eid-al-Fitr (ayd ahl-FIH’-tur), which marks the end of the holy month of fasting and prayer known as Ramadan (RAH’-mah-dahn).

Obama also appealed for donations for victims of devastating floods in Pakistan.

This year’s holiday falls on Saturday’s 9/11 anniversary during a time of rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. over plans for a mosque and Islamic cultural center near ground zero. A Florida pastor also is threatening to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on Saturday.

Obama said the Muslim holiday is a time to reflect on the importance of religious tolerance and to honor the positive role all religions have played in American life.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/09/2210308/obama-sends-greeting-on-muslim.html


192 posted on 09/09/2010 3:23:52 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Burning a book doesn't make people violent, it exposes the violence that is already there.

Exactly. Doesn't matter what we do, their just ass backwards and pissed off at everything.

Here's a little conundrum for the muzzies...Since the koran is only a koran because of the words it contains; what's next? We can NEVER delete a digital copy of the koran ever again??..

while true;
do cp POS_koran.pdf koran.pdf;
rm -f koran.pdf;
cp POS_koran.pdf koran.pdf;
echo "mwahaha...an infidel mass deleting digital toilet paper";
done

193 posted on 09/09/2010 3:28:38 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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To: brytlea

Pentagon weighs call to try to dissuade pastor from burning Korans
The Pentagon’s top spokesman suggested Thursday that a senior official from the Defense Department might call the Florida pastor who has threatened to burn Korans this Saturday and strongly urge him to abandon his plans.

In recent days, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Gen. David H. Petraeus have spoken out forcefully to say that the Koran burning would put the lives of U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan at risk. A personal call from the Obama administration to the obscure pastor demonstrates how quickly a marginal figure can vault himself to international promience.

Terry Jones, the pastor, told reporters that he might drop plans to burn the Korans if someone from the Pentagon, State Department or Obama administration called him personally to urge him to change course. The fact that senior administration officials are even considering a personal call to Jones shows how deeply concerned they are by the actions of the pastor, who oversees a church of only 50 people.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/09/pentagon_weighs_call_to_try_to.html


194 posted on 09/09/2010 3:30:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: 444Flyer

I’m wondering if the mosque will be built elsewhere now. What do you think?


195 posted on 09/09/2010 3:35:56 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: kcvl

More pressure than he was used to, I guess. And maybe death threats.


196 posted on 09/09/2010 3:36:02 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Michael Barnes

They’ll force Microsoft to make it so you can’t drag a file of the Koran to the Recycle Bin.


197 posted on 09/09/2010 3:37:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Vengeance is the Lord’s. There will be a time when everything Muslim is burned up and later cast into a place where the flame is never quenched.


198 posted on 09/09/2010 3:45:25 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: kcvl

“This year’s holiday falls on Saturday’s 9/11 anniversary during a time of rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. over plans for a mosque and Islamic cultural center near ground zero. A Florida pastor also is threatening to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on Saturday.”

More BS incitement from the lamestream Obama media..(eye roll)! This kind of crap makes me sick. If we get attacked on saturday(911), the fault can be laid squarely on the shoulders of the media, Obama and of course the barbarian Islamists.


199 posted on 09/09/2010 3:45:56 PM PDT by penelopesire (FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
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To: manc

I don’t mind them making the money as long as they’re not cowards. I think Hannity is more assertive on his radio show than he is his FNC show.

I, too, have had it with some of the guest panelists Hannity hosts, including Beckel and that lying whore, Powers.


200 posted on 09/09/2010 3:50:45 PM PDT by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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