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2006-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran kicks of Holocaust-bashing cartoon fest

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-14 01:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now, if I was an alien from Aldebaran 3, I'd wonder why Danish cartoons satirizing the Muslem prophet caused the later to attack Jews.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-02-14 01:48|| 2006-02-14 01:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Why, because it's all about the jooooooooos!!!
The jooooooos! The joooooos! The joooooooos!

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-02-14 06:19|| 2006-02-14 06:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And yet, as we've seen proved again and again, war does bring peace. But nontheless, I hope his newspaper fires him for participating.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-14 15:06|| 2006-02-14 15:06|| Front Page Top

#4 The first entry was said to be from renowned Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig

It was, and it wasn't. The cartoon *was* actually drawn by Leunig in 2002. But he did not enter it into the contest, an anonymous prankster did. And now Leunig is whining mightily and frothily about the insult to his honor and dignity. Heh.

Tim Blair has all the details; keep scrolling and keep the beverages well away from the keyboard!

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-02-14 15:17|| 2006-02-14 15:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Tim Blair has a new post showing Leunig for the self-obsessed moron he is. He is also remarkably unfunny/uninteresting.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-14 20:25|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-14 20:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Iran loves cartoons in the past they launched a Cartoon attack on visitors from outer space here is the report......me thinks Iran will have trouble finding plausible deniablity for the current flap in light of a repeating pattern....
According to Reuters, state-run television today broadcast a sparkling white disc flying over the capital of Tehran, saying it was filmed last night.

People were reported rushing out into the streets in eight towns last night to watch a bright "extraterrestrial light dipping in and out of the clouds."

The Islamic Republic News Agency also reports colorful objects seen beaming out green, red, blue and purple rays over the northern cities of Tabriz and Ardebil and in the Caspian Sea province of Golestan.

And cartoons of alien spacecraft have been gracing the front pages of local newspapers this week.

An air force officer in the Revolutionary Guards was quoted in the reformist Vagha-ye Etefaghiyeh daily saying Iran's Supreme National Security Council should investigate whether these visitors from afar had hostile intent,

Posted by Snoluth Snineck5289 2006-02-14 21:29|| 2006-02-14 21:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Long range UAVs.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-14 21:58|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-14 21:58|| Front Page Top

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