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Old December 15th, 2008 #1
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Default Arsonists Attack Palin Church

ARSONISTS ATTACK PALIN CHURCH

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Alaska governor Sarah Palin said an arson attack on her home church could have been linked to "undeserved negative attention" from her failed Republican vice-presidential campaign.

Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at one million dollars (£670,000), authorities said on Saturday.

No-one was injured in Friday night's fire, which happened while a handful of people, including two children, were inside, said Fire Chief James Steele.

He said the blaze was being investigated as an arson but did not know of any recent threats to the church. Authorities did not know whether Mrs Palin's connection to the church was relevant to the fire, Mr Steele said.

Pastor Larry Kroon would not say whether the church had received any recent threats.

Mrs Palin, who was not at the church at the time of the fire, visited on Saturday. Her spokesman, Bill McAllister, said in a statement that she told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to the "undeserved negative attention" the church had received since she became the US vice-presidential candidate on August 29.

The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain's running mate.

Early in Mrs Palin's campaign, the church was criticised for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus On The Family "Love Won Out Conference" in Anchorage. The conference promised to "help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome".

The fire started at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts, Mr Steele said. The group was alerted by a fire alarm.

Outside temperatures were minus 20 degrees Celsius as firefighters battled the blaze.

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