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  • At least 10 people have now been killed in protests in Somalia, Lebanon and Afghanistan.

     

  • In Iran, a crowd pelted the Danish embassy in Tehran with petrol bombs and stones for a second day. Iran has also cut ties with Denmark, but I expect they will impose more severe measures once they go nuclear.

     

  • In PA-controlled areas of Israel, masked gunmen fired on a picture of the Danish prime minister, and set fire to a mock Danish flag. By the way, ever wondered how the neo palestinians get these flags? Wonder no more.

     

  • After Muslims set ablaze the Danish missions in Syria and Lebanon over the weekend, the EU presidency issued a strongly worded warning to 19 countries across the Middle East that they are obliged to protect EU missions. Failure to heed the warning will result in..absolutely nothing.

     

  • Iraqis have burned the Danish flag in Baghdad, and Iraqi gunmen have called for the seizure and killing of Danes and the boycott of Danish goods. Demonstrators in Bangladesh burned a Danish flag on Tuesday during a protest. Thousands of protestors from the student wing of the party Jamaat-e-Islami, shouted “hang the cartoonists” and “boycott Danish goods”. I guess that is why many of these have been found killed.

     

  • Further protests erupted on Tuesday in Egypt, Yemen, Djibouti, Azerbaijan, and other places really hard to pronounce.

     

  • It seems that the murder of a Catholic priest in Turkey was linked to the cartoons.

     

  • Some New Zealand companies have expressed concern at the potential impact of a boycott resulting from publication of the cartoons in that country. In contrast, sheep around the country have breathed a deep sigh of relief.

     

  • Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has attributed the publication of the cartoons to an Israeli conspiracy motivated by Hamas’ election win. Slight problem with this theory – the cartoons first appeared in Danish daily, Jyllands-Posten, last September, and Hamas won the election a few weeks ago.

     

  • Still on the subject of Iran, it’s cartoon time everybody! Just submit your cartoon on the Holocaust. Points will be given for originality, creativity, and anti-Semitism. (I still find it amazing that Iran would run a contest centred on an event they claim never happened).

     

  • Meanwhile, an Indian artist has portrayed “Mother India” as a nude woman, angering the country’s Hindus. In response, the angry Hindus have rioted burned down embassies complained to police.
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    David Lange

    A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
    Picture of David Lange

    David Lange

    A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
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