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U.S. Newspapers Decline to Publish 'Muhammad' Cartoons
Editor and Publisher ^ | 02/03/06 | Joe Strupp

Posted on 02/03/2006 5:05:38 PM PST by Pikamax

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To: bordergal

I would defend, to the last drop of my blood, your statement.


61 posted on 02/03/2006 6:47:13 PM PST by DoNotDivide (Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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To: JHBowden
Let me be the first to applaud you for posting a damn funny one on Free Republic.

TAKE THAT YOU ISLAMIC DUNG FOR BRAINS!

62 posted on 02/03/2006 6:50:01 PM PST by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
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To: purpleland
Remember this: If it were not for the INTERNET

Thank Al Gore for that!

63 posted on 02/03/2006 6:51:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Pikamax
This is another self-inflicted wound to the "Old Media". This high profile event will cause more people to go to the 'net to find out what they're not being shown or told.
64 posted on 02/03/2006 6:54:56 PM PST by compuguru (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: Emmet Fitzhume

Thanks for the new tagline.


65 posted on 02/03/2006 6:55:32 PM PST by bad company (There is no devil but Allah, and Mohammed is his porkchop.)
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To: LK44-40

"Remember this: If it were not for the INTERNET, we would not have this discourse, would not have this exchange of information and sources and opinions."


ePower to the people!

***Protect the People's power!


66 posted on 02/03/2006 6:55:46 PM PST by purpleland (Elegy 9/11/01 Vigilance and Valor! Socialism is the Opiate of Academia)
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To: Pikamax

Most journalists are scum.


67 posted on 02/03/2006 7:05:13 PM PST by SQUID
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To: floridaobserver
Downie of the Wahsington Post is the same a**hole who approved publication of a cartoon mocking a American soldier who was a double amputee.

Downie knows that Americans and American soldiers won't put a fatwa on his slimy a**, and hunt him down and kill him.

On the other hand, I'm sure Downie knows Salman Rushdie, and how Rushdie had to hide out from the Death Cult of the Moon God...

I think the term for Downie and his brethren in the MSM is "chickens**t".

68 posted on 02/03/2006 7:09:07 PM PST by an amused spectator (Bush Runner! The Donkey is after you! Bush Runner! When he catches you, you're through!)
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To: Pikamax

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 consolidated media ownership into a few companies. Since these companies are multinational, they censor the news to suit their multicultural global agenda. Before the telecommunications act was passed, there were more, smaller organizations that could afford to reflect the opinions and freedoms of the American people.


69 posted on 02/03/2006 7:12:47 PM PST by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: bad company; Emmet Fitzhume
I love your tagline too. Hopefully you can keep your anonymity and not get your head chopped off!
70 posted on 02/03/2006 7:15:22 PM PST by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
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To: Pikamax

Hmmmm, the Washington Post wasn't afraid to print a cartoon insulting Rumsfeld and a wounded vet, guess we always knew whose side the MSM was on in this war.


71 posted on 02/03/2006 7:16:52 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: muawiyah; Clintonfatigued
The Genie is out of the bottle and it can't be stuffed back. The "problems" in Europe are spreading and it's just a matter of time until it reaches our shores; no matter how "nice" we all try to be.

We have two choices: 1)continue to be politically correct and let them continue to spread out, multiply and spread their brand of hatred or 2)wake up, smell the coffee and realize that Mohammad told them there is only two options for infidels be converted to Islam or be killed.

This is what they are taught and the sooner everyone quits bending over and wakes up the better. I just hope it's not too late when we wake up.

72 posted on 02/03/2006 7:27:13 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Clintonfatigued
I don't like radical Islamists anymore than anyone else on FR. But there's no point in inflaming them unnecessarily, particularly when there's so little to be gained from it.

LOL! Man, you had me going for a moment there. I almost believed that your post was serious, but then I realized you were joking.

What a card!

73 posted on 02/03/2006 7:36:27 PM PST by an amused spectator (Bush Runner! The Donkey is after you! Bush Runner! When he catches you, you're through!)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Perhaps their cult is the Army of Satan that will fight at Armageddon.


74 posted on 02/03/2006 7:36:42 PM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: melt

Note, this is the real culprit which the LSM is NOT reporting, go figure!??!

To see these 3 drawings, you can find them on Maline Malkin's web site!!!

Thursday, February 02, 2006
Islamic Society of Denmark Used Fake Cartoons to Create Story!

THIS WHOLE DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY WAS MADE UP BY THE "ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF DENMARK" WHO SPREAD THE FAKE CARTOONS ON THEIR TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST!

The leader of the group is a radical Islamist known for supporting the Anti-Western Islamist struggle!

The organisation Islamic Society in Denmark toured the Middle-East to create awareness about the cartoons, bringing 3 additional images, which HAD NEVER been published in any media source. Evidently, the originals were not offensive enough for the trip so they had to add these three:


The first of the three additional pictures, which are of poor quality, shows Muhammad as a pedophile demon.*


The second shows Muhammed with a pig snout.*


The third depicts a praying Muslim being raped by a dog*.

BBC World also aired a story showing one of the three non-published images, on 2006-01-30, and wrongly claimed it had been published in Jyllands-Posten.

On the tour, the group claimed to represent 21 different Muslim organisations in Denmark, although many of these groups have disclaimed any connection.

Akhmad Akkari, spokesman of the Danish Muslim organisations which organised the tour, explained that the three drawings had been added to "give an insight in how hateful the atmosphere in Denmark is towards Muslims."

Akkari claimed he does not know the origin of the three pictures. He said they had been sent anonymously to Danish Muslims. However, when Ekstra Bladet asked if it could talk to these Muslims, Akkari refused to reveal their identity. These images had however never been published in Jyllands-Posten.

The society also allegedly exaggerated its membership, claiming to represent all of Denmark's 200,000 Muslims, when the actual number of adherents is believed to be fewer than 15,000. [30]. 500-1000 people attend their Friday prayer gathering each week[31].

Imam Ahmad Abu Ladan is involved in an international group of Muslims who are known for supporting the anti-Western Islamist struggle of the school of global Jihad.

Imam Ahmad Abu Ladan also tried to block the re-election of the right-wing government in Denmark in the previous election.

Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, the leader of the organisation stated in Al Jazeera that Muslims should boycott Denmark, despite giving contradictory assurances to Western media. Ahmad Abu Laban, previously declared unwelcome in several Arab states, was one of the front figures on the tour [citation needed].

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said of Muslims criticising the country in the Arab territories: "I am speechless that those people, whom we have given the right to live in Denmark and where they freely have chosen to stay, are now touring Arab countries and inciting antipathy towards Denmark and the Danish people"[33].

Further misinformation spread among Arab Muslims include claims that Jyllands-Posten is a government-owned newspaper (it is privately owned) - spokesman for the Danish delegation Muhammed al Samha, and delegation member Ahmed al-Harbi said in the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram: "Jyllands-Posten, a newspaper belonging to the ruling Danish party - an extreme right-wing party - [was] publishing drawings and sketches of the prophet Muhammad."

* I shrank up the outrageous and fake cartoons from original size. I do not intend to offend.

The Brussels Journal has been following the story closely from Europe.
Shawn Wasson notices the selective outrage.
The Astute Blogger has more on Abu Ladan lying to the media!
Counterterrorism Blog has more on Abu Laden's mideast stunts, today.
Zombietime has the largest collection of Muhammad pictures on the net.
And, Pajamas Media is carrying the story from a variety of blog perspectives.
Michelle Malkin has a huge roundup on the two-faced American media.
Belmont Club has thoughtful analysis on what this all means.

The mainstream news is so out of touch with this story.


75 posted on 02/03/2006 7:36:56 PM PST by danamco
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To: Brilliant
It was a given that the US newspapers would not publish these cartoons. Publishing classified info is more their speed.


Because of us they are totally irrelevant. Tonight on one of the tv news, this was discussed, and the anchor looked like he had just fallen down from the Moon in un-belief. I was LOL!!!
76 posted on 02/03/2006 7:40:47 PM PST by danamco
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To: Clintonfatigued

Not only is publishing the 'toons a 'good idea', it should be published as part of uSA government-schooling curriculum criterion. The discussion would be HEALTHY and should be partaken of.


77 posted on 02/03/2006 7:43:36 PM PST by DoNotDivide (Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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To: blueminnesota

I sent this e-mail to all in my address book:

Hi there:
May I ask you to support my former home country after the muslim’s boycott of all Danish Goods. We ourselves are using a number of Danish foods. Havarti Cheese we buy in big blocks from Sam’s, a well seasoned and not too strong cheese. The Danish “Lurpak” Butter, you can’t get a better tasting butter, comes slighted salted or un-salted. 2005 won “Best Taste Award.”
Plumrose Danish Ham canned is a class for itself.
Frozen back ribs for the bbq beats anything else. The Danish porks are long and slender with very little fat.
Our slogan at international soccer (fodbold) games is: “We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!”
Please send this around to people in your address book, thank you!
Poul

"BUY DANISH" ASK MY DANISH FRIENDS/ UPDATE
John Zimmerman is right. The Muslim countries have chosen to pressure liberal little Denmark in order to teach the media and governments, which stand by them, a lesson which does not bode well for free speech or satire. Kuwait has joined the Saudi boycott (the Saudi market alone is worth 1.2 billion) and I suspect the rest will follow. So, here is a plea from my Danish friends:

"If you Americans look with this great sympathy on our case, couldn't you then raise a consumer support of DK in the US? The opposite of a boycott. A movement of: "Buy Danish!" Please?

You can easily eat and digest all our famous Danish cheese at your millions of breakfast-tables from Seattle to Atlanta. Then the boycott (which is escalating fast down there now) will be harmless.

Well, we can and should. In fact the idea immediately occurred to the readers of Charles of LGF who was kind enough to post the news about the Saudi boycott on his popular site. They recommended you buy not only the always delicious Danish butter cookies but also:

Danish Havarti cheese

Carlsberg and Tuborg Beers.

Arla owns White Clover Dairy, a Wisconsin company so buy that brand. It comes under White Clover and Holland Farm.

Danish Crown hams ( DAK (sold at Sam clubs)... baby back ribs, because they come from Denmark.

You shop online at The Danish Foodshop and Danish Deli Foods.

You can also buy gorgious Danish porcelain and LEGO for the kids.

UPDATE: First, the speed with which this movement took flight is amazing and encouraging. Thanks, guys, for helping spread in on your blogs. The boycott is gathering steam. Our old friend Libya also withdrew its ambassador. But the Danes are standing firm and the EU (for the moment) is standing by them:

EU trade chief Peter Mandelson met a Saudi minister at a meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on Sunday and "urged the minister to convey the seriousness of this issue to his government," his spokesman said.

"Any boycott of Danish goods would be seen as a boycott of European goods," said spokesman Peter Power.

An opinion poll showed that 79 percent of Danes think Fogh Rasmussen should not issue an apology and 62 percent say the newspaper should not apologize.


78 posted on 02/03/2006 7:44:34 PM PST by danamco
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To: cajungirl

Understood. In the big picture though, the Anglosphere has to stand together (despite our family spats).

Predators go after the animals that show weakness.


79 posted on 02/03/2006 7:59:14 PM PST by bordergal
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To: Pikamax

How sad is it that the French(!) have shown more courage in running these cartoons than the Americans or British have?


80 posted on 02/03/2006 9:09:01 PM PST by NYCVirago
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