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Message: <blockquote data-quote="කිඹුලා බනිස්" data-source="post: 8258321" data-attributes="member: 286104">Memorial services were held at each location where the planes crashed                                           The  US is marking nine years since 9/11 amid controversy over plans for an  Islamic centre near Ground Zero and a threat to burn the Koran.         In New York, at the biggest event, relatives read out the names of those who died when planes hit the World Trade Center.         At the Pentagon, President Barack Obama said the US was not at war with Islam.         Earlier, the pastor behind the threat to burn Korans in Florida said the event has been cancelled permanently."We will definitely not burn the Koran, no," the Reverend Terry Jones told NBC's Today show.          "Not today, not ever," he said when pressed about whether his planned demonstration might happen at a later date.         Speaking at a memorial event at the Pentagon - which was also  hit by an airliner on 11 September 2001 - President Obama paid tribute  to those who died in the attacks, saying America's greatest weapon was  to stay true to itself.         "It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was Al-Qaeda," he said.         "We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust," he said.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11269681" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11269681</a></blockquote>

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