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Four killed in cartoon protests
BBC News ^ | February 6, 2006

Posted on 02/06/2006 4:44:45 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Four people have died in violent protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, following more than a week of demonstrations. Three people died after police in Afghanistan fired on protesters when a police station came under attack, a government spokesman said.

In Somalia, a 14-year-old boy was shot dead and several others were injured after protesters attacked the police.

Further protests have been taking place from Gaza to India, Indonesia and Iran.

They follow attacks on Danish embassies in Syria and Lebanon over the weekend. The cartoons were first published in a Danish newspaper.

Monday's deaths were thought to be the first, but officials in Lebanon have now confirmed that a demonstrator died on Sunday after jumping from the third floor of the Danish embassy in Beirut to escape a fire.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cartoons; islam

1 posted on 02/06/2006 4:44:45 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Major news topics for this week:

1) Mohammed Abombhead
2) Skeeves-dropping

2 posted on 02/06/2006 4:53:32 AM PST by syriacus (Topics of the day: --Mohammed Abombhead-- and --Skeeves Dropping--)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Mohammed's Monsters are not very tolerant are they?


3 posted on 02/06/2006 4:55:43 AM PST by Buffettfan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Four Killed in Cartoon Protest

From the headline, I thought Yosemite Sam cut loose on a mob of moozies.

4 posted on 02/06/2006 4:57:24 AM PST by SampleMan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Eighteen died as a result of Newsweak's phony "Koran in the toilet" story, so this is just a flash in the pan. Muslims can do better.


5 posted on 02/06/2006 4:57:50 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: SampleMan

Very good, SampleMan ... very good.


6 posted on 02/06/2006 5:23:59 AM PST by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: kittymyrib

... or a 'flush in the john' ...


7 posted on 02/06/2006 5:24:57 AM PST by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I wonder if those Muslims on that ferry that sank over in the Red Sea were thinking about the cartoons. I see that the families of the floaters are rioting and burning in Egypt.

That's all these people do.

8 posted on 02/06/2006 5:58:29 AM PST by Kenton
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Monday's deaths were thought to be the first, but officials in Lebanon have now confirmed that a demonstrator died on Sunday after jumping from the third floor of the Danish embassy in Beirut to escape a fire.

HA-HA!

I fire that he set, no doubt...

9 posted on 02/06/2006 6:02:42 AM PST by Kenton
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
ROFL!

The spin makes my head hurt.

Three people died after police in Afghanistan fired on protesters when a police station came under attack,
In Somalia, a 14-year-old boy was shot dead and several others were injured after protesters attacked the police.

Heaven forbid they say something like:

Police successfully defended themselves against violent protesters.

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that a demonstrator died on Sunday after jumping from the third floor of the Danish embassy in Beirut to escape a fire.

Yep.

No mention of the fact that THE PROTESTERS ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED THE FIRE!

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'Scuse me... I need to go get an aspirin. :)

10 posted on 02/06/2006 6:07:08 AM PST by MamaTexan (~ Don't let islam define OUR Freedoms! ~)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Ping


11 posted on 02/06/2006 6:28:56 AM PST by PubliusMM (Just doin' my best to stay free and secure. God Bless our military personnel.)
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To: MamaTexan

I can be such a horrible monster at times, but I did have a giggle over that self inflicted removal.... They are not very good protestors as they seem to kill each other more effectively....


12 posted on 02/06/2006 8:37:38 AM PST by thebaron512
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