in kabul, demonstrations and violence broke out today. hundreds of protesters burnt effigies and chanted death to america. nothing particularly unusual about that except for the timing. a cleric at a mosque in kabul said of the planned koran burning quote, it s an insult to the whole muslim world. sending a distracting message to the u.s. and all muslims. another protest is planned for money if the florida koran burning happens over the weekend. in another province of afghanistan, northeast of kabul, near bagram air base, 500 to 700 protesters attacked a security post but the afghan national police reportedly prevented the post from being overtaken. abc news is reporting that afghan insurgents are distributing anti-american leaflets to villagers in logar province, entitled shocking news. according to an abc translation, it states this time these people have decided once again to insult our religion, our koran and our holy sites. an unnamed military officer telling abc our assessment
york to talk about the prospect of doing and that perhaps to advocate for that as a gesture of good will as the stopping of the burning of korans would be. is that the way you thought it was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. let me ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center at new york at some distance from ground zero, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why in your opinion as a leader of your faith, are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan?
york to talk to imam rauf to talk about the prospect of doing and that perhaps to advocate for that as a gesture of good will as the stopping of the burning of korans would be. is that the way you thought it was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. yes. then, let me ask you ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center in new york at some distance from ground zero, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why n your opinion, as a leader of your faith, are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan? i did not think they were connected at all.
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capitalize on it and a travel alert to americans traveling abroad. in kabul, hundreds of protesters chanted death to a cleric at a mosque in kabul said it s an insult to the whole muslim world. sending a distracting message to the u.s. and all muslims. another protest is planned for money if the florida koran burning happens over the weekend. in anothere province of afghanistan, a security post was attacked but the afghan national police prevented the post from being overtaken. abc news is reporting that afghan insurgents are distributing anti-american pamphlets. an unnamed military officer saying that they are seizing on the opportunity of florida koran