copies of the muslim holy book on september 11th could endanger u.s. troops in the country. in an interview with the wall street journal , petraeus said this, quote, it could endanger the overall effort. it is precisely the kind of action the taliban uses and could cause significant problems. not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the islamic community. petraeus was responding to plans by the dove world outreach center to hold a burn a koran day on the anniversary of the september 11th attacks this saturday. last month on msnbc, the church s pastor talked about the reasons behind the planned demonstrations. well, we have declared september the 11th international burn a koran day. we want to send a very clear message to them, to muslims, that if they are in america, they are free here to worship, but they must honor and respect our constitution. we want to send a very clear message that we do not want
pastor terry jones because he was on hard ball last month. here s a clip of what he had to say then. well, we have declared september 11th international burn a koran day. we want to send a very clear message to them, to muslims, if they are in america they are free here to worship but they must honor and respect our constitution. we want to send a very clear message that we do not want their law and courts. that is what our international burn a koran day is about. and you do wonder, even though we all know it s an t the economy, this upcoming election. but in if this will play into it in some elections, some federal districts. i have a hard time with that because people most motivated about it, feel most passionate, it s coming from the right. if you look at polls, i see the new nbc poll out today, the most motivated voters right now are on the right. they have just decided probably in the beginning of the obama
in your hand, talk to your doctor. call 1-877-904-afib today. the florida pastor who plans to burn korans on the anniversary of 9/11 is responding to general petraeus concerns that an international burn a koran day could endanger american troops. pastor terry jones says the event will go on, nonetheless. if out of this some type of retaliation should take place, we are deeply, deeply sorry for that. if people should lose their life, that would be tragic. still, i must say that we feel that we must sooner or later stand up to islam. and if we don t, it s not going to go away. well, the koran burning event is one example of the heightened animosity directed at the
deputy political director. general david petraeus is warning that florida pastor who is planning to burn the koran, that he could endanger troops and the overall effort in afrg. in kabul, afghanistan, just yesterday angry crowds burned a cardboard effigy of the pastor, terry jones. hundreds of protesters shouted death to america. pastor jones was recently on msnbc and he defended his plan to burn that muslim holy book. well, we have declared september 11th international burn a koran day. we want to send a very clear message to them, to muslims, if they are in america, they are free here to worship but they must honor and respect our constitution. we want to send a very clear message that we do not want sharia law and courts. that is what our international burn a koran day is all about. nbc s mike taibbi is in dplonew
sharia law and sharia courts. that is what our international burn a koran day is about. all right. also, another story that we re looking at, the military, they have their new troop armored trucks that are reducing troop deaths. the other story last week, the military is due back. what? coming up next. inside one of the most matched senate races in the nation with florida senate candidate congressman kendrick meeks. morning joe brewed by starbucks will be right back. [ manager ] you know. i ve been looking at the numbers, and i think our campus is spending too much money on printing. i d like to put you in charge of cutting costs. calm down. i know that it is not your job. what i m saying.