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Embassies torched as cartoon furore grows
Reuters ^
| Feb 4, 2006
| By Rasha Elass
Posted on 02/04/2006 12:23:06 PM PST by johnny7
DAMASCUS -- Furious Syrians set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies on Saturday as protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad showed no signs of abating despite calls for calm. Oil giant Iran, already embroiled in a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, said it was reviewing trade ties with countries that have published such caricatures.
Chanting "God is Greatest", thousands of protesters stormed the Danish embassy, burnt the Danish flag and replaced it with a flag reading "No God but Allah, Mohammad is His Prophet". They set fires which badly damaged the building before being put out.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cartoons; denmark; embassy; globaljihad; norway; radicalmuslims; syria
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To: johnny7
Fire for fire.
Got Napalm?
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posted on
02/04/2006 1:52:01 PM PST
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
To: NYer
That 'tremolo' they do tells 'ya all you haf'ta know.
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posted on
02/04/2006 1:59:43 PM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
To: GladesGuru
Actually, aren't embassies considered the sovereign territory of the nation represented by that embassy? If so - and I'm pretty sure I am - this is an act of war fully warranting immediate military response by that nation. Of course, these savages won't believe that's true until we show them without a doubt that it is, in fact, true.
"The bombing begins in 5 minutes"
To: johnny7
I thought that
furore was a misspelling, but interestingly, it is a British spelling of
furor.
Embassies are burned just the same though.
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posted on
02/04/2006 2:06:30 PM PST
by
Plutarch
To: Plutarch
Yeah... I have the same problem with fragile. ;)
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posted on
02/04/2006 2:20:48 PM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
To: johnny7
Is this an act of war??... Or some kind of act that could justify EU (lol, ok, maybe just Danish) military response?? Or, a kind request to the Americans to have an excuse to mess up some pitiful Middle East country?
To: johnny7
just bought a pound of Havarti
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posted on
02/04/2006 2:23:01 PM PST
by
wildcatf4f3
(the friend of my enemy is my enemy)
To: Right Wing Professor
Islam is incompatible with modern civilization. One or the other, eventually, must perish. Agreed. A great reference is Robert Spencer's "Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades".
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posted on
02/04/2006 2:26:29 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(Democrats soil institutions)
To: sgtbono2002
Hello,
Perhaps the answer is #3: They were crazy to begin with and were LOOKING for a reason to behave this way. If I heard correctly, the cartoons in question originally ran in Sept. of last year. This situation has the feel of an orchestrated event.
Glad to be here, MOgirl
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posted on
02/04/2006 2:28:24 PM PST
by
MOgirl
(Hillary. She's a totalitarian freak. And you know what I'm talkin' about.)
To: DTwistedSisterS
We're in a war... the problem is, the MSM and the left don't want you to know it... and don't want you to fight it!
50
posted on
02/04/2006 2:33:36 PM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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posted on
02/04/2006 3:51:28 PM PST
by
SJackson
(elected members of Hamas: businesspeople, professionals, not terrorists. Scott McClellan)
To: SJackson
They're just like us. Really.Except insane.
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posted on
02/04/2006 5:52:07 PM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: dead
To: Emmett McCarthy
I think you are correct about the attacks on embassies being an act of war.
Got MOAB?
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posted on
02/04/2006 8:52:31 PM PST
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
To: johnny7
And the Syrian government had nothing to do with this, no doubt...
Can someone here translate "Kristallnacht" into Arabic?
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posted on
02/04/2006 8:59:11 PM PST
by
decal
(Too many people mistake "tolerance" for "approval")
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
02/04/2006 9:09:44 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Please pray for Israel! Psalms of the Day: 35-38)
To: Larry Lucido
I started with Toles latest abomination, cut sections from some of his previous amateurish work and pasted it all together.
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posted on
02/05/2006 5:10:56 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: johnny7
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