MAIL ONLINE: Protesters ignore international pleas and stage Koran burnings / Tensions mount in Afghanistan where two demonstrators are shot dead
Fears were growing last night that British troops could suffer revenge attacks after U.S. protesters burned the Koran.
On a third day of riots in Afghanistan, Muslims said they would attack 'foreign bases' in their thousands in response to the desecration of their holy book.
Despite Florida preacher Terry Jones' U-turn over burning the Koran, hopes of calm were shattered on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York when others elsewhere in the U.S. adopted his plan to burn Islam's holy book.
A lone protester at the Ground Zero site set several pages on fire, while in Springfield, Tennessee, two religious leaders held a private Koran-burning ceremony.
The unnamed male protester at Ground Zero said: 'If they can burn American flags, I can burn the Koran. Americans should never be afraid to give their opinion.' Read on and comment >>> Daniel Bates | Monday, September 13, 2010
