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Petraeus: Lay Off Koran Burning

by David Kurtz
09.06.10 | 9:11 am

Following anti-American protests in Kabul over the planned burning of the Koran by that obscure Protestant church in Florida, Gen. David Petraeus says the desecration of the Koran “could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort.”

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