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25 Feb 2012 12:32

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World: Afghanistan protests: NATO recalls personnel at Kabul-based ministries

Police March Towards Protesters In Kabul

  • After five days of intense protesting across Afghanistan, NATO has recalled all personnel working in its Kabul ministries. The move comes on the heels of reports that two U.S. officials — allegedly one colonel and one major — were shot and killed at the Afghan Interior Ministry building this morning. A NATO spokeswoman would not confirm the rankings of the two servicemen, but did confirm that they were killed by someone who turned a weapon on them. She declined to comment when asked if the killer was a member of the Afghan military or police force. In an emailed statement to the press, the Afghan Taliban claimed credit for the killings, saying they were in retaliation for the burning of Korans at Bagram Air Base earlier this week. (image courtesy of Reuters/Ahmad Masood) source
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02 Apr 2011 13:38

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World: Nine people killed in Kandahar amid Koran-burning protest

  • Blood continues to flow over Terry Jones: Yesterday, we mentioned the deaths in Afghanistan that had occurred when a protest against Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones boiled over. Sadly, the violence has spread: 9 more have been killed in Kandahar, ostensibly because Jones burned several Islamic holy texts on March 20th. Not to belabor our earlier point, but it seems worthwhile to balance disdain for Jones’ self-serving and gross bigotry with some basic honesty about what it’s caused- namely, that a danger intrinsic to any religion that takes itself very seriously is that it can cause overreactions to slights against it. The deaths of 20 people in 2 days because somebody on the other side of the planet burned some books is a tragic example. source
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16 Sep 2010 11:02

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Politics: Should fired Koran-burner have lost his New Jersey state transit job?

Turns out that this dude, who burned pages of the Koran at Ground Zero for some reason, was a New Jersey state employee. And he was fired for his free-speech act. source
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12 Sep 2010 10:15

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World: Yo, Koran burners: Here’s the blood on your hands already

  • two people killed during protests in Afghanistan yesterday
  • four more injured – one jerk actually did it at Ground Zero source
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10 Sep 2010 11:50

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U.S.: We’re ignoring the Koran-burning crisis from here on out

The media has been blowing this up – not him, the media. My buddy Charles Apple has suggested we completely ignore it. We’re game. No more coverage, Terry. source
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08 Sep 2010 21:12

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Politics: Does Sarah Palin support Pastor Terry Jones’ Koran-burning?

  • NO she says it’s as insensitive as the “mosque” source
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08 Sep 2010 11:18

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Politics: Pastor Terry Jones: Jesus would burn the Koran, too!

The stupid moron is going to go through with his Koran-burning plan despite the fact that everyone’s telling him he’s a stupid moron. source
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26 Aug 2010 10:39

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Politics: Pastor Terry Jones: Crazy Koran-burning dude gets death threats

  • I have no experience with it whatsoever. I only know what the Bible says.
  • Pastor Terry Jones • Regarding his experience with the Koran, which he plans to burn next month, on September 11th. As you might imagine, such an action is extremely controversial, and many people do not like Jones’ plan, which he’s talked about with 150 different media outlets. He’s gotten death threats. “We have to be careful,” he says. “The overall response has been much greater than we expected.” Jones is based out of Florida, which has been a hotbed of anti-Islamic activity of late, most notably a pipe bomb attack at a mosque back in May. source
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