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Florida Pastor Terry Jones Arrested As He Attempts To Burn Thousands of Korans On 9/11by Will Kohler |
Florida "Pastor" Terry Jones, was arrested in
Florida yesterday just as he was about to burn thousands of
kerosene-soaked copies of the Koran "protest" of the attack of the
World Trade Center on 9/11.
The pastor had said he was planning to burn 2,998 of the Muslim holy books— one for every victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Sheriff's deputies in Polk County, Fla., arrested Pastor Terry Jones, 61, and his associate pastor, Marvin Sapp Jr., 44, each on a felony charge of unlawful conveyance of fuel. Jones had said he was heading to a nearby park in Mulberry to burn the Qurans on Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the attacks. Sheriff's officials said that Jones was also charged with unlawful open-carry of a firearm, a misdemeanor, and that Sapp faces a charge of having no valid registration for the trailer. Both were being booked Wednesday night into the Polk County jail, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.
Jones has
repeatedly ignored pleas from the U.S. military asking him not to stage
his protests. Military officials say his actions put American and
Western troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere in danger.
Get ready for the high pitch screeching of religious right in three..... two..... one.....
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