Iraqi transport ministry freezes deals with Denmark

Khaleej Times Online ^ | 5 February 2006 | Reuters

[indcons]

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s transport ministry said on Sunday it had frozen contracts with Denmark and Norway in protest against blasphemous cartoons published in the countries’ newspapers.

“This decision was taken to protest the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and we will not accept any reconstruction money from Denmark or Norway,” said a spokesman on behalf of Transport Minister Salam Al Malaki.

The spokesman said he did not know the value of contracts between Iraq and Denmark and Norway. Denmark has more than 500 troops in Iraq.

The uproar over the cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish newspaper and were reprinted in other European countries, has swept across the Muslim world.

[indcons]

We can support the Danes by buying Danish products at our groceries. They need our economic, moral, and political support in this time of crisis (for that small nation).

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

What do they import here?

[MedicalMess]

We have pried open the soft underbelly of the beast!

Don't stop now!

DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!

Then the world will begin to see this trash for the Nazis that they are.

DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!

ALL ARTISTS TO THEIR PALLETTES!

MORE CARTOONS HERE: http://retecool.com/comments.php?id=13539_0_1_0_C


Danish bloggers are having a field day...



While looking at the mob of angry islamo-facists with behead those that insult Islam signs...

I picture Munchkins from the Wizard of Oz singing, "We represent the lollipop league, the lollipop league, the lollipop league. And in the name of the lollipop league... we wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land."

Try it... it works well.

Just overlay the Jihadists with Munchkins and do the song.

See how it works for you.


Somebody needs to do a cartoon with Mohammed bent over, with his burka hiked up exposing his bare butt, pointing to his butt saying, “I got you're 72 virgins right here.”

And then we need to have T-shirts made with this cartoon.

[indcons]

Food: cheese
Beer: Carlsberg
Misc.: Lego model sets (these are GREAT as gifts for kids)

[kingu]

My biggest purchase is going to be McClintock tobacco. Figured it's a two-fer. Support the Danes, plus fight cigarette taxes by using a tube stuffer.

Picked up a big tin of Danish cookies, pickled herring for my wife's grandmother (she loves the stuff), and we're having Danish ham sandwiches while watching the Superbowl.

Drops in the bucket, I know, but I hope the bucket will be overflowing soon.

[KJC1]

It is really a bummer to see an Iraqi official joining this ridiculous crap. Damn.

[KCRW]

Well, seems to me- that Iraq still does not understand freedom of speech. The Iraqis need to behave like big boys and girls and not let a cartoon make them mad. There are more important things in life than a cartoon.


If they cut off the Danes- the Americans need to cut off their money to the Iraqis.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Thanks. I used to play with Legos as kid.

[adorno]

Somebody needs to do a cartoon with Mohammed bent over, with his burka hiked up exposing his bare butt, pointing to his butt saying, “I got you're 72 virgins right here.”

I've got one better for you. Modify that cartoon where Muhammad tells the jihadists to "stop, we have no more virgins" to one that has Muhammad with a large herd of sheep saying "I have your 72 virgins right here!".

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Thanks. I'll start looking for stuff from Denmark.

[gotribe]

Havarti cheese. Get some for the game tonight!

[indcons]

Especially when we consider the fat that 500 Danes are fighting for Iraqi peace right now!!

[KCRW]

Worse yet- Check out this story-

Militant groups on Sunday called for attacks on Danish troops in Iraq and people from all countries where blasphemous cartoons have been published.

In an Internet statement, the Islamic Army of Iraq, which has claimed responsibility for killing foreign hostages, urged militants to kidnap Danes and “cut them into as many pieces as the number of newspapers that printed the cartoons”.

Yep- that is all we need going on in Iraq right now.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayArticle.asp?col=&section=focusoniraq&xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/February/focusoniraq_February19.xml

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Thanks.

[Allegra]

There were some pissed off people making racket in the streets yesterday. I'm glad I'm not near the Danish Embassy.

It's a "hands off" subject with us and our Iraqi counterparts right now. We aren't touching that topic with a ten foot pole around them and they seem to feel the same way.

[Spruce]

Leos are great!

When I was a kid we didn't have doors on our bedrooms. A field of legos spread on the floor at night would keep my brothers from entering. Those things hurt, big-time, when stepped on.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Yep!!!

[Just Lori]

Allegra! How are you? It's good to see your post.

[SeaBiscuit]

Bah, Muslims make me sick.. frig em.

[traderrob6]

Actually this might be a fairly prudent move. Molify the locals by enacting a fairly innocuous order.

[blueminnesota]

[indcons]

Very interesting perspective (considering your location)....stay safe.

[indcons]

Bump

[alloysteel]

One of the brutal truths about freedoms enjoyed in the West is that NO icon is secure from being held up for criticism, and most of the Western countries have long traditions for puncturing myths and skewering pomposity.

There is no blasphemy in calling for sharp and critical examination of even the most sacred of beliefs, which has seemed to be of some harm to dogmatic religions, but in the end, has come to a more enlightened view of spirituality and a greater acceptance of the divinity under which all of mankind lives. This is a revolution which came to the Christian religion, and indirectly, reflected a similar ferment within the older Judaic tradition. It seems, though, that Islam has never undergone a similar self-examination, and abounds with apostasies and unexamined conundrums.

If one so chooses to abandon the faith into which he was born, and depart from the way of his fellows, it is no longer the practice of those in the West to stone him, or drive him from their midst. In the multitude of means of expression of spirituality, something, somewhere, is there to be embraced, and this is respected as a general agreement among those who do not duck behind their religion as an excuse to launch attacks at others.

But once any religion is used as a cover for zealots to persecute their neighbors, or as a justification for denying free expression to another who has chosen a different path, then a line is crossed, and the very meaning of "righteous" will be expressed in a very direct fashion. This was the rationale for grinding Nazi Germany into an unconditional surrender in 1945, and for undermining International Communism until it collapsed under its own weight, and religious expression was once again restored in those lands where those ideologies once held sway.

Islam is on notice. Either straighten out your own house, or expect to have your front door kicked in, and be occupied by a hostile and unforgiving alien philosophy.

"Invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them all to (some more peaceful religion)."

A possible alternative may be Zoroastrianism. Or perhaps Mithraism.

[numberonepal]

My biggest purchase is going to be McClintock tobacco.

I'm smoking Danish Export from Peter Stokkebye as I type.

[kingu]

Same company, of course. Every once in a great while, usually when a trip lasts too long, we'll buy a pack of regular cigarettes. And it sort of helps us understand the rioters... Once you've smoked Danish, you never want to go back. ;)

[KCRW]

Look what I found-


http://www.danishshop.dk/

[philetus]

“This decision was taken to protest the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and we will not accept any reconstruction money from Denmark or Norway,”


*&%$#%*(&*&()+_+((*&*(^&&^%$#@

[ivyleaguebrat]

Skagen watches and sunglasses.

[claudiustg]

---It's a "hands off" subject with us and our Iraqi counterparts right now. ---

What's your opinion of their readiness for democracy?

[hinckley buzzard]

Yep- that is all we need going on in Iraq right now.

Sounds like business as usual to me. Isn't that what we've been fighting there all along?

[TomasUSMC]

This is how the Iraqis show how much the value the West. We spend our Billions and our Blood and they spit on Democracy, but hey it must be that NOBLE religion W keeps talking about, that makes it all worthwhile.

This is one of the reasons we don't go after Syria and Iran. The Iraqis won't support it and will probably riot their little butts off. We are now having to do what the Iraqis sign off on.

In fact, their last Foreign Minister stated he would oppose any action from Iraq against Iran.

IF they want OUR Billions and OUR Blood, they need to do it OUR WAY!

[KCRW]

Sounds like business as usual to me. Isn't that what we've been fighting there all along?

Yes, you are correct- it is business as usual. It would be nice to see Iraq stay out of this mess. The new Iraqi military does not need to worry about defending extra buildings and civilians as they move forward.