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An undercover FBI agent claimed to be the Islamic State's "eyes" when they attacked Garland last year, and even goaded one of the shooters to "tear up Texas," according to federal court records. ... "Tear up Texas," the agent wrote. "That goes without saying," Simpson replied. It's unclear how much the FBI knew about the plot against the contest, but Hendricks told the agent to attend it, according to court records. So on May 3, when blogger Pamela Geller flew in to host the event, the undercover agent was in Garland, too. "If you see that pig make your 'voice'...

Chris Matthews: "Do you think that The New York Post is calling the president of the United States a chimp?"

South Park Season 10 Rewind Miss any of the six new South Park episodes aired thus far this season? If so -- or if you just want to see them again -- Comedy Central will be airing them all again Saturday night: Saturday 10:00 P.M. - The Return of Chef (1001) Saturday 10:30 P.M. - Smug Alert! (1002) Saturday 11:00 P.M. - Cartoon Wars, Part I (1003) Saturday 11:30 P.M. - Cartoon Wars, Part II (1004) Saturday midnight - A Million Little Fibers (1005) Saturday 12:30 A.M. - Manbearpig (1006) All times ET/PT(And don't forget there's still one more all...

 "EVER SINCE THOSE CARTOONS in Denmark, the rules have changed. Nobody shows an image of Muhammad anymore." When a character on the animated TV show South Park made that avowal a few weeks ago, he could easily have been speaking for media outlets across Europe and North America. This past winter's Cartoon Jihad occasioned far fewer robust defenses of press freedom than it did craven surrenders to the threats of radicals. Now, even South Park, Comedy Central's irreverent powerhouse, has felt the backlash.Sometime in March, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker approached network executives with their idea for...

Dressed in a slick leather jacket and armed with a back-pocket bottle of Jack Daniels, executive producer and creator of the hit cartoon “Family Guy,” Seth MacFarlane brought the house down last night during his talk at Memorial Auditorium. Speaking in front of a packed crowd of students and community members — one of whom pointed out that MacFarlane’s sister used to baby sit her years ago in Connecticut — MacFarlane touched on his show’s recent rivalry with Comedy Central’s "South Park," as well as his ongoing battle with government and network censors...

Cartoon Wars Part II Original air Date: 2006-04-12 After leaving Kyle injured on the side of the road, Cartman races to the headquarters of “Family Guy” determined to put an end to the show once and for all.

Comedy Central's "South Park" never met an incendiary topic it couldn't tackle with itsquartet of preteen chums. So tonight's episode, which is sure to anger some religious groups, should come as no surprise. The second installment in a two-part episode, "Cartoon Wars, Part 2" (airing at 10) follows the growing tension on Fox's "The Family Guy" as the fellow animated series ponders whether to air animage of Muhammad. Any image of the prophet is considered sacrilegious to faithful Muslims, aswe saw recently during the riots over a series of Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad and terrorism themes.

Pakistan's ambassador to Denmark has been called back to Islamabad "for consultations" amid a continuing row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, the foreign office said on Friday. The move comes shortly after officials said that Denmark, where the drawings were first published in September, had temporarily closed its embassy in Islamabad. "Pakistan's ambassador in Copenhagen, Mr Javed A Qureshi, has been called to Islamabad for consultations over the cartoon controversy," foreign ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said. Government sources said the decision was made during a meeting between top Pakistani foreign ministry officials and the Danish ambassador in Islamabad, Bent...

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We are being pissed upon by Per Nyholm I think it was the long departed H.C. Hansen, one of last century’s great Danish statesmen who once - while the communists were demonstrating in front of Christiansborg [Ed: the seat of parliament] - threw his gaze across the palace square and remarked: “I will not be pissed upon.” Then he did what was necessary. I feel that currently my beloved country is being pissed upon rather too much. Denmark has not been neglecting its duties on the international stage. We have supported poor people with acts and advice, we have worked...

...it is hard not to see that insidious forces have brought these drawings to the attention of the Muslim masses... this calculated offense (calculated, mind you, by the organizers of the distribution of the cartoons), it is hard not to link this blasphemy to a new planetary configuration, itself determined by three recent and major events. The diversionary tactic of a Syria which we never saw so concerned over religious matters... 'snip' The hardening of Iran's Islamic Republic, ready to make all kinds of theological concessions (including a grand historic alliance of Shiites and Sunnis, which experts have been telling...

trans: “Danish Imams Exposed: PHOTO HOAX” Apparently all hell is breaking loose in Denmark. The Danish press are hot on the trail of the weasely Imams and have already confronted them with the bogus photo. Amongst the happenings: Ekstra Bladet does an ambush interview with Ahmed Akkari but he’s uncharacteristically quiet on the matter and basically says “no comment”. Apparently Akkari has already decide beforehand to not to say much since he doesn’t trust EB to “discuss it in the right context”.EB speaks with Jacques Barrot, the innocent pig squealer, who says “he is schocked” and states: “I don’t...

Our traditional values have been trampled on and we are offended. A wake-up call Zealots are nailing veils onto the faces of my sisters in Afghanistan and Pakistan and are busy hanging women, homosexuals, adulterers and non-believers. But human rights, women's rights and the right to liberty are the most exalted in the history of humanity; this is the tradition in which I was raised. Values that make the world better and more peaceful. I demand that the governments of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Indonesia and Egypt apologise to me. Otherwise I am unfortunately forced to threaten, beat up, kidnap or...

Danish Editor Says He'll Print Holocaust Cartoons NEW YORK (AP) -- An Iranian newspaper says it plans to publish cartoons about the Nazi Holocaust -- and a Danish editor says he'll reprint them if he can. Flemming Rose was behind the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have ignited deadly rioting in the Muslim world. Rose tells CNN he's trying to coordinate with the Iranian newspaper that's soliciting cartoons about the Holocaust. The Iranian paper -- "Hamshahri" -- says it will hold the competition to test whether the West extends the principle of freedom of expression to the...

THE LIES OF THE DANISH IMAMS By Michelle Malkin   ·   February 05, 2006 04:25 PM Lorenzo Vidino at The Counterterrorism Blog follows up on his report about how a delegation of Danish imams led by Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban disseminated fake anti-Muslim cartoons and attributed them to the Jyllands-Posten to stir up Islamist rage:Last Friday the CT Blog revealed how a delegation of Danish Muslims, led by Copenhagen imam Abu Laban, toured the Middle East in December and showed fabricated cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a very offensive fashion, even though the pictures had never appeared on Jyllands...

  Frieze depicts Muhammad among 18 "lawgivers" on wall above Supreme Court justices' bench While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. Supreme Court portrays the Islamic leader wielding a sword. The stone sculptures of 18 lawgivers, from Hammurabi to John Marshall, are meant to signify the law's foundation in a stable society. Included is Moses with the Ten Commandments. The artwork, which is high above the justice's mahogany bench, was designed by sculptor Adolph A. Weinman for the building, which...

There’s No Clash Here Only one civilization cares to put up a fight. By Lee Harris Does the so-called "cartoon war" represent the clash of civilizations? I wish I could answer "yes," but I can't. In order for there to be a clash of civilizations, it is necessary for there to be two civilizations, both of which are prepared to defend their deepest cultural values. Those in the Islamic world who are violently protesting the Danish cartoons clearly represent a civilization that is keen on maintaining its own deeply held traditions and convictions, as the Muslim rioters are prepared to...

Last week newspapers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, in a gesture of solidarity with Denmark, reprinted the Danish cartoons that have enraged the Islamic world because one of them depicts the Prophet Mohammad, and any depiction of him is considered blasphemy in Islam. In Paris, the newspaper France Soir added a cartoon of its own of Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods seated on a cloud under a headline saying ‘Yes we Have the Right to Caricature God’. In Europe, from where I write this piece, the controversy made headlines but could have been played down...