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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-10 05:50 AM
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Gov to meet on "mosque" move
These type articles and the debate surrounding them are presented by media to build support of our occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gov to meet on mosque 'move'
Sitdown as site owner says 'it's not near G. Zero'

By GEOFF EARLE in DC and TOM TOPOUSIS in NY

Gov. Paterson will meet personally with the developers of the Ground Zero mosque this week in a bid to find them a new location, even as one of the project's backers insisted yesterday that the current site is "nowhere near the World Trade Center."

"The governor told me there's a meeting," said Rep. Peter King, (R-LI), who spoke with Paterson yesterday morning. "He told me that the builders and the leaders from the mosque" will be there.

A spokesman for Paterson confirmed efforts to set up a powwow, but would not discuss the purpose. But King said it would be to discuss getting the state's help to find a new location for their proposed mosque and community center.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gov_to_meet_on_mosque_move_ZiSFdJrD5kqi7p4XFT4TBO#ixzz0wx8q4smI
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