Quran burning cover-up for US crimes

A senior Iranian commander says burning the holy Quran is part of a US scenario to distract global attention from its crimes.

“By creating secondary issues and drawing public attention to marginal issues, the US government is trying to cover up its crimes and burning the Quran on September 11 by a Christian pastor is part of this movement,” said deputy head of Iran’s Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Seyyed Masoud Jazayeri on Wednesday.

He went on to add there is strong evidence that the September 11 incident was staged by the then US government and their Israeli agents.

Jazayeri argued that certain decision-making lobbies in the US were looking for an acceptable excuse to expand their influence throughout the world and for which the September 11 incident provided the necessary pretext.

But as time passed, US involvement in the incident has been revealed and the US government has no choice but to resort to other issues to whitewash its crimes, the Iranian commander added.

Jazayeri’s remarks come as Pastor Terry Jones, who heads the Dove World Outreach Center, announced plans to set fire to several hundred copies of the holy Quran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Many Muslim countries have held massive demonstrations against the US church’s intent.

Despite global condemnation and outrage, Jones says he will go ahead with his plan as he wants to “send a clear message to the radical element of Islam” by torching the Quran on Saturday.

Although US officials have condemned the plan, no legal measure has been taken so far to block the blasphemous move.