Originally posted by Lady of the Lake
As you can see from the attached the cartoons that have caused so much outrage were in fact published in an Egyptian Newspaper back on October. Not a
sound of outrage was uttered. So what does this mean? Let's consider:
Firstly knowledge of the cartoons was no secret to thousands of Muslims months ago. The outrage comes after months of planning. Lets face it, the
Danish flag burning in Iran took organising. They wouldn’t have piles of Danish flags just wanting for little Denmark to cause global outrage.
Theory 1. Divert the attention of the down trodden. Muslims in many countries are spiralling further and further into poverty and suppression.
They were promised much by their leaders who have delivered little if nothing. What better way to divert their attention from their own misery than
have then focus on the old ‘enemy’?
Example the Danish flag burning in Iran took some organising. I can’t believe that the Iranians stockpiled Danish flags just waiting for an excuse
to burn them.
Theory 2. The more sinister theory of course is that this is all leading up to the start of WWW111.
great find, Lady of the Lake!
In
Gaza City, today about 7,000 people attended a demnstration organized by the
Islamic Jihad who threatend violence:
"So far we have demanded an apology from the governments. But if they continue their assault on our dear Prophet Mohammed,
we will burn the ground
underneath their feet," Islamic Jihad leader Khader Habib said.
And about ,2000 Muslims in
Jerusalem chanted
"Bin Laden, strike again" as they
marched around the Dome of the Rock on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, trampling a homemade Danish flag.
And about 5,000 protesters gathered for the biggest rally yet in
Pakistan's capital against the cartoons on Friday as other demonstrations
erupted across the country.
Under Pakistani laws, insulting the prophet or Islam's holy book, the Koran, can be punished with the death
sentence.
In
Lebanon, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt charged on Tuesday that the Syrian regime was behind the torching of Danish government offices in
Beirut and Damascus.
external image Jumblatt accuses
Assad of inciting riots against Danish offices in Lebanon and Syria
"The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes," he said in an interview.
"Regarding the burnings and protests in Damascus, it is very bizarre that a so-called secular totalitarian regime that controls everything
was not able to control these demonstrations."
Meanwhile,
The Danish Foreign Ministry urged its citizens to leave Lebanon because of expected demonstrations in the coming days.
The Danish Refugee Council, which has 90 international staff, said it had pulled staff from
Afghanistan and Sudan and halted operations in
Chechnya. Danish Church Aid said it had suspended operations in Islamic countries.
And The
Norwegian Red Cross, Norwegian Peoples Aid, Norwegian Church Aid, and the Norwegian Refugee Council are modifying their aid efforts
in several countries.
[edit on 10-2-2006 by Riwka]
Isn´t that odd when you think about their reaction against Denmark and Norway? Riwka posted a couple of scans here on
this page. 
