Posted on 02/06/2006 12:54:17 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
Denmark may cancel soccer match with Israel
Danish fears over potential attempts to hurt its soccer players in wake of publication of Muhammad cartoons may prompt cancellation of match scheduled for March Tomer Ganor
Muslim fury may lead to cancellation of soccer match: The Danish soccer association is considering canceling a friendly match between Israel and Denmark scheduled to take place at the start of March in Israel, according to Danish newspaper BT.
The game was supposed to be Israel's first match under new manager Dror Kashtan.
The reason for the possible cancellation is the hostility to Denmark over cartoons disparaging Islam's prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper.
Denmark is worried that Islamic elements in Israel could try and harm members of the Danish soccer delegation.
According to the report, the Danes will wait until February 21 before making a final decision on the issue, while consultations are held with police intelligence, players, and the Danish foreign ministry.
Denmark hosted Israel for a friendly in 2002, at the height of the al-Aqsa intifada after Operation Defensive Shield.
Israel was then headed by Danish manager Richard Neilsen, who resigned after Israel lost 3:1.
During the game, Danish protesters invaded the soccer pitch waving anti-Israeli banners.
When asked about the report, Israel's soccer association spokesman Shaul Eisenberg said he would not "respond to rumors."
Denmark preemptively surrenders.
During the game, Danish protesters invaded the soccer pitch waving anti-Israeli banners.
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Not Danish protestors...either Mooslems/Communists waved those banners. Definitely not Danes.
Lemme see:
Islamists protest Danish cartoon not with cartoons about Vikings but about the Holocaust. Danish respond by canceling a sports game with Israel.
Weird world
More "Muslim fury", why, I just can't believe it. I'm shocked!
I have been sympathetic to the Danish cause in the last week or so and have gone out of my way to promote Danish products among friends and acquaintances.
If Denmark chickens out of the soccer match with Israel (because of Islamist pressure), then I'll NEVER buy a Danish product in the foreseeable future.
It is time for hte Danes and their government to decide whose side they are on - the civilized world or the barbaric muslims. They can't have it both ways.
Oink, oink, the terrorists win again.
Israel ping
Tomorrow's headlines in the Arab world: "The Danes have surrendered....the Danes have surrendered"
Question to Denmark: can you identify one instance, in all of human history, in which appeasing a fanatic was successful?
Weak as water.
No backbone seen with Danes.
If the team believes that they would be in life-threatening danger by going to Israel, I can't say I blame them, or that thay are cowards. They're soccer players, not potential martyrs for Denmark.
Gee, now what do I do with all those cookies and canned Danish hams all my fellow freepers have been telling me to buy since the cartoon riots broke out?
It could be the PLAYERS are reluctant to go to Israel. So play the game in Denmark
None at all....looks like 50 years of welfare socialism has dampened the legendary Viking spirit. The Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians should disavow any links between the Vikings and them. The modern inhabitants of the norse lands are like jellyfish (without a rudimentary spine).
Lat week the Swedes made the Saudis open their Soccer game to Woman Specators cool pic here as well as more photos and the background. These Northern European countries are showing some backbone.
www.ordoesitexplode.com/me/2006/01/swedensaudi_soc.html
Ya know, I really liked reading about the Viking Beserkers too.
"If the team believes that they would be in life-threatening danger by going to Israel, I can't say I blame them, or that thay are cowards. They're soccer players, not potential martyrs for Denmark."
WOW!! With attitudes like these, let us forget any hope of defeating muslim blackmail and terrorism. Think again of 9/11 and recall those words by the president: "You are either with us or against us." The Danes will let us know soon enough whose side they are on.
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