Idiotic and dangerous are the words Attorney General Eric Holder used to describe a plan to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, nine years after the infamous attack that shook the foundation of the United States, Associated Press reported.
AP reported that Holder used those words during a closed door meeting Tuesday with religious leaders during a discussion about recent attacks on Muslims and mosques around the nation.
Rev. Terry Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran at his church in Gainesville, Fla. on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
AP reported that Gen. David Petraeus said the symbolic gMisesture could put U.S. troops in danger.
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