US pastor
who vowed to burn Quran billed $180,000
Monday, September 20, 2010 03:12:04 PM,
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The pastor of a Florida church who threatened to burn the Quran on
the 9/11 anniversary to protest the 2001 terror attacks in the US,
has been hit with a whopping $180,000 bill as cost of security
cover for his stunt.
The city of Gainesville, Florida, plans to send a bill estimated
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According to Gainesville police spokeswoman Cpl. Tscharna Senn,
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"We have 286 sworn officers and almost everyone was working either
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Officers secured malls in the region, the University of Florida's
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Jones, however, said the church was "not aware that we would be
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"If we had known this in advance, then we would have refused to
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Jones had told authorities he received numerous death threats
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According to British newspaper Daily Mail, the security bill could
bankrupt Jones and his church which has less than 40 members. The
20-acre site that houses the church is up for sale and Jones has
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