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Europe
Denmark refuses to apologise
2006-01-30
The seething continues.
COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s Prime Minister said yesterday his government could not act against the blasphemous cartoons after Libya closed its embassy in Copenhagen amid growing Muslim anger over the dispute. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten had not intended to insult Muslims when it published the drawings, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, referring to an editorial on the paper’s Web site in Danish and Arabic.

But while Rasmussen tried to assuage Muslim anger, Libya yesterday closed its embassy in Denmark in protest at the drawings. “Because the Danish media had continued to show disrespect to the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and because the Danish authorities failed to take any responsible action on that, Libya decided to close its embassy in Copenhagen,” the Libyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It also threatened to take unspecified “economic measures” against Denmark.
And in the West Bank --
In a demonstration on the West Bank, members of FatahÂ’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades threatened Danes in the area and told them to leave immediately, the Danish news agency Ritzau reported on Sunday. The demonstrators burned the Danish flag and called on the Palestinian authorities to cut diplomatic ties with Denmark, Ritzau said.
Posted by:Steve White

#14  Ikea is indeed Swedish, but some years ago the CFO was a Dane. (We were neighbors, briefly, in Brussels.) Basically, your generic, highly successful, Scandanavian firm.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-01-30 21:43  

#13  there are danish furniture stores, I think. Ikea is swedish.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-01-30 16:34  

#12  LOL, JFM!
Posted by: .com   2006-01-30 16:10  

#11  Boycott Saudi products!
Posted by: JFM   2006-01-30 16:06  

#10  Bill Clinton's remarks will be well received by his ME (Saudi) Masters. You know, the ones that donated how many millions ($$$) to his library, together with the big buck speaking engagments in the ME, like say in...Qatar.

What I find "appalling" and "totally outrageous" Mr. Clinton is you weak ass defense of the freedom of speech.
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-01-30 15:05  

#9  Went shopping at the local Ikea yesterday. I know it's not Danish, but some of that $$ might just flow across the borders.....
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-01-30 14:37  

#8  I'm sure Bill would like ome other issues and topics to be off-limits from criticism as well...like "thankles"
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-30 14:15  

#7  Bill Clinton agrees with them, calling the cartoons "appalling" and "totally outrageous".
Posted by: lotp   2006-01-30 13:53  

#6  "Piss off."
Posted by: mojo   2006-01-30 13:51  

#5  I just got some delicious Havarti cheese at the grocers'. "Denmark's Finest" for those keeping score at home. Tonight I'll write a note to Arla Foods and to the Danish Embassy thanking them for their yummy "freedom cheese".
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-01-30 13:33  

#4  Buy Danish!

They are sorry that the arabs are so pathetic.
Posted by: mmurray821   2006-01-30 13:30  

#3  and before you have your lunch U might like to read this........

http://islamselect.com/naby/index.php?pg=en

Support Your Prophet

A declaration condemning the attack by reporters from Denmark and Norway against the Prophet,

What can one say in response to the sarcastic caricatures published in the Jyllands Posten newspaper from Denmark, in its issue dated Tuesday, September 30 th 2005? Whom was this newspaper mocking? It was mocking the greatest man ever created … the leader of all the Prophets, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. They featured evil, shameless images of him, as shameless as any disbeliever’s imagination can be.


read it all (on an empty stomach ,please)
Posted by: Classer   2006-01-30 07:43  

#2  "We're sorry we're not sorry. Really." ( A little nuance never hurts when dealing with powerhouse countries like Libya and holy warriers like al's martyrs brigands.) Who's got the fireproof flag concession over there?
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-01-30 02:03  

#1  called on the Palestinian authorities to cut diplomatic ties with Denmark

Does that mean not taking their money? Or will they just take their money and call threaten to kill them?
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2006-01-30 00:50  

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