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Published: 10/4/10

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Mosque-Burners Are 'Terrorists'

By  Carl Franzen - AOL News
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Mosque-Burners Are 'Terrorists'

(Oct. 4) -- Play with fire and you're bound to get burned -- maybe even by your own countrymen. That's the lesson that arsonists -- allegedly disgruntled Jewish settlers -- learned today after torching a mosque and at least a dozen copies of the Koran in Beit Fajjar, a Muslim Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank. Now they are taking heat from Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who Monday evening harshly condemned of the attack, even calling his fellow Israelis terrorists. "Whoever did this is a terrorist in every sense of the word, and intended to hurt the chances for peace and ...

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Published: 09/9/10

Pastor Terry Jones Changes His Mind, Says Koran-Burning May Still Happen

By  David Gibson - Politics Daily
Pastor Terry Jones Changes His Mind, Says Koran-Burning May Still Happen

Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who announced Thursday he was canceling plans to burn 200 copies of the Koran in a protest against Islam, back-pedaled on Thursday night and said he was just putting his plans "on hold" for the time being. On NBC's "Today" show Friday he restated that the matter is up in the air and contingent on a meeting he expects to have soon with the planner of an Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City. The preacher, who caused an international uproar when he said he would burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, said Thursday he had been promised ...

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Published: 09/9/10

Interpol Issues Global Alert Over Planned Quran Burning

By  Carl Franzen - AOL News
Interpol Issues Global Alert Over Planned Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- Burning the Quran on Sept. 11 would pose an increased risk of retaliatory terror attacks around the world, according to Interpol. Today the world police cooperative based in Lyons, France -- which includes law enforcement agencies of 188 different countries -- released a global alert, warning that if the Dove Outreach Center Christian Church in Gainesville, Fla., goes ahead with plans to hold a mass burning of the Muslim holy book, it will likely produce a fierce, destructive backlash in unspecified locations, resulting in the deaths of many innocent civilians. "Although there ...

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Published: 07/6/08

Never Short on Creativity, Pens Fans Give Marian Hossa a Special Salute

By  Kevin Schultz - AOL News
Never Short on Creativity, Pens Fans Give Marian Hossa a Special Salute

Oh, our silly hockey loving Pittsburgh brethren. From the epic 'WWGRD?' to the Pensblog's daily shenanigans and the Flyers/Penguins statue jersey wars, they always have something creative and a little out of the ordinary up their sleeves. So naturally, when Marian Hossa defected to Detroit after losing the SCF to the Wings -- the ultimate slap in the face an athlete could give to his fans -- the folks in Pittsburgh responded in a way only that only the folks in Pittsburgh can. They set his jersey on fire and put it on YouTube for all to see. After all, nothing says 'I hate you' like a ...

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