scoot over cartoon jihad:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=cartoonjihad
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html
move along teddy bear riots:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=teddybear
http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1230.0
it’s time to celebrate a potential (politically correct) crisis
resolved before it started:
blog:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28134_Mohammed_the_Mole_Goes_Down_the_Memory_Hole&only
“Mohammed the Mole Goes Down the Memory Hole”
Sun, Dec 2, 2007 at 2:36:13 pm PST
SNIPPET: “Wary of offending the Religion of Peace, British author Kes Gray has renamed a character in one of his children’s books.”
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“Wary of Mohammed teddy row, UK author changes characters”
2 Dec 2007, 1814 hrs IST,Rashmee Roshan Lall ,TNN
LONDON:
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Author Kes Gray said he changed the mole’s name after reading about the fate of British school teacher Gillian Gibbons who is in prison in Sudan for allowing her class to name a teddy bear Mohammed.
Gray told The Sunday Times , London that he “had no idea at all of the sensitivities of the name Mohammed until seeing this case in Sudan” and he added that the Hindu and Muslim names for his animals characters had merely been a way to “embrace other cultures...I had no idea it would backfire like this. I was in Egypt this year and everyone was called Mohammed. I just thought it was a popular name”.
Gray’s book, an illustrated volume called Who’s Poorly Too , has sold 40,000 copies in Britain and abroad over the last eight years it has been in print. But the author says he decided to postpone a re-print and rename the mole to guard against the possibility of trouble from angry Muslims.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15594&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20071202-02
December 2, 2007
Troops arrest 3 alleged terrorists, find roadside bombs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad troops arrested a suspected terrorist bomb-maker and two financiers and found two improvised explosive devices in the Iraqi capital’s Rashid district Nov. 30.
Scouts from Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment “Raiders,” 4th “Dragon” Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, received a tip from an area resident that a maker of roadside bombs was operating out of a house in Doura neighborhood. The unit arrested the suspect without incident. The suspect is being held for questioning.
Later in the day, Soldiers from “Destroyer” Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment “Warriors,” detained a pair of suspected financiers involved with al-Qaeda in a north Doura neighborhood. Both suspects are being held for questioning.
“Dragon Soldiers are continuing to keep the pressure on terrorists and insurgents each day,” said Maj. Kirk Luedeke, spokesperson and public affairs officer with the 4th IBCT. “A significant reason for our success is the continued cooperation of Iraqi civilians who help us find these criminals and bring them to justice. These people are taking an active role in securing their neighborhoods.”
Soldiers with Apache and Bandit Companies, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment “Tuskers,” uncovered two roadside bombs, including a buried IED in East and West Rashid. The bombs, consisting of homemade explosives, wiring and other materials were destroyed in place by explosive ordnance disposal teams.
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