Pastor Terry Jones, the leader of a Gainesville, Florida-based church called the Dove World Outreach Center is planning on staging a Koran burning on September 11, 2010, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks on the U.S. Word of the planned event has caught the attention of U.S. Military officials: the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, is asking the church not to burn the Islam holy book. Petraeus warns that images of Americans torching the Koran could incite violence in the area and "put U.S. troops in danger."http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/07/florida.quran.burning/index.html?hpt=T2

On September 7, 2010, General Petraeus told CNN that burning Korans "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 says just the rumor of a possible Koran burning prompted demonstrations in Kabul, Afghanistan.http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/07/florida.quran.burning/index.html?hpt=T2

The pastor of a Gainesville, Florida-based church called the Dove World Outreach Center is planning on staging a Koran burning on September 11, 2010.

Pastor Terry Jones says he likely won't back down in his plans to for "Burn the Koran Day" on September 11, the nine-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Jones told CNN his church is "weighing" its intentions and "taking seriously the warning" from Petraeus and others, who emphasize that a Koran burning could be used by extremists to ramp up anti-American sentiment and possibly increase attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/07/florida.quran.burning/index.html?hpt=T2

However, Jones reportedly told a Florida radio station on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, that he will not stop the scheduled Koran burning, adding: "We think the message is that important. We can not back down because of fear, because if we back down, it won't make Islam any more moderate."http://wokv.com/localnews/2010/09/top-us-general-gainesville-kor.html