Sarah Palin yesterday denounced a Florida pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Quran, saying the event “will feed the fire of caustic rhetoric and appear as nothing more than mean-spirited religious intolerance. Don’t feed that fire.” In doing so, Palin added a big voice to criticism of Terry Jones’s planned rally and bonfire Saturday to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Earlier, Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Afghanistan, the White House, the State Department –concerned that burning Muslims’ holy book will spark violence — urged Jones to stop the rally. The planned rally and the uproar over building a mosque and Muslim community center near Ground Zero in New York provide the backdrop for this year’s ninth commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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