Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat 4 Feb. PM

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Submitted for your perusal are selected news links for Saturday evening.

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NEWSLINE
A small Norwegian Christian newspaper was one of the first outside Denmark to publish the cartoons that have now appeared in papers in Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.

NEWSBYTES
Syrians Torch Embassies Over Caricatures
DAMASCUS, Syria (washingtonpost.com) -- Thousands of Syrians enraged by caricatures of Islam's revered prophet torched the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus on Saturday -- the most violent in days of furious protests by Muslims in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Embassies torched in cartoon fury
Danish, Norwegian embassies in Syria attacked by Muslims
DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- Muslim demonstrators in Damascus torched the Norwegian Embassy and the building housing Denmark's embassy because newspapers in those countries published what the protesters consider blasphemous depictions of Islam's Prophet Mohammed

Danes march for and against Muslims
(Aljazeera.Net) -- Danes on the far left and extreme right have taken to the streets, adding a political dimension to a blistering row over cartoons of Prophet Muhammad first published in a Danish newspaper.

Embassies burn in cartoon protest
(BBC) -- Syrians have set fire to the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus in protest at the publication of newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Read full story.

Embassies torched as cartoon furor grows
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -- Furious Syrians set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies on Saturday as protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad showed no signs of abating despite calls for calm.

Muslim Outrage At Cartoon Spreads
(CBS) -- In escalating protests against cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, demonstrators in Syria have set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus. Muslims across the globe continue to exhibit outrage.

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Iran Sent to U.N. Security Council

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It was inevitable that the U.N. Security Council was going to get involved in the growing issue of Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Fallout from the IAEA's referral is sure to follow.

Add this unease to Worldwide Arab tensions growing from the repeated republishing of the Muhammad cartoons and we have a powder keg of emotions ready to explode -- with deadly consequences. Let us just hope there isn't a madman with a trigger in his hands.

See links below for full coverage, RELATED for connected stories.

NEWSLINE
Under an agreement reached Monday between the five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany, the council will not take any action on Iran for at least a month, giving Tehran a grace period to change its tactics, stop its enrichment activities and cooperate more fully with IAEA inspectors.

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U.N. Nuclear Agency Reports Iran to Security Council
Decision Signals Growing Unease About Nation's Nuclear Program
VIENNA, Feb. 4 (washingtonpost.com) -- The United Nations nuclear agency reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council on Saturday, signaling growing worldwide unease about the nature and intent of Iran's nuclear program, and concern that it might be military.

Nuclear watchdog reports Iran to U.N.
VIENNA, Austria (CNN) -- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency passed a resolution Saturday reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program.

Iran reported to Security Council
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has voted to report Iran to the Security Council over its nuclear activities.
(BBC) -- Twenty-seven states out of 35 on the IAEA board backed the move, with three against and five abstentions.

IAEA Reports Iran to U.N. Security Council
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog Saturday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council in a resolution expressing concern that Tehran's nuclear program may not be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." Iran retaliated immediately, saying it would resume uranium enrichment at its main...

Iran: Russia Uranium Enrichment Plan Dead
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian official said Saturday that a proposal by Moscow to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia is dead following the U.N. nuclear agency's decision to report Iran to the Security Council. Javad Vaeidi, deputy head of the powerful National Security Council, said there was...

Nuclear agency votes to report Iran to UN Council
VIENNA (Reuters) -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over suspicions it plans to build atomic weapons, and Tehran responded it would start enriching uranium fuel that can be used in bombs.

World Nuclear Panel to Refer Iran to U.N. Security Council
(NYT) -- The resolution, which passed 27-3 with five abstentions, opens the door for the first time to possible punitive action against Iran.

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Iran is world's top sponsor of terrorism: Rumsfeld
MUNICH (Reuters) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Iran on Saturday of being the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, a charge that his Iranian counterpart rejected as "ridiculous" and "outrageous."

Iran labels US leaders 'terrorists'
TEHRAN(AFP) -- The leaders of the United States are all "terrorists" and represent the "real axis of evil", Iran's defence minister has said.

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat 4 Feb. AM

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Submitted for your perusal are selected news links for Saturday morning.

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NEWSLINE
Two New Zealand newspapers on Saturday reprinted the cartoons, which have appeared in newspapers in Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, [Belgium,] and Hungary, saying the decision was based on press freedom.

NEWSBYTES
Muslim anger on cartoons spreads
No apology over Mohammed images, says Denmark
GAZA CITY (AP) -- Tens of thousands of angry Muslims marched through Palestinian cities, burning the Danish flag and calling for vengeance Friday against European countries where caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were published.

Irate Muslims Stage New Protests
Western Officials Seek To Calm Tensions Over Cartoons of Muhammad
JERUSALEM, Feb. 3 (washingtonpost.com) -- Muslims emerging from Friday prayer services staged a new round of flag-burning demonstrations in many countries to protest European cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Western officials, increasingly worried over long-term damage to relations, sought to calm the tensions, sometimes by calling publication of the images irresponsible

Belgian newspapers print cartoons
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Flemish newspapers on Friday printed a series of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, including those published in a Danish newspaper that have sparked outrage across the Muslim world.

More outrage over Prophet cartoons
(Aljazeera) -- Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have triggered more outrage across the Islamic world, as more European newspapers published them in the name of freedom of speech.

Fury over Prophet cartoons
GAZA (Reuters) -- Palestinian youths tried on Saturday to storm the European Union office in Gaza in protest over the printing by European newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that has whipped up fury across the Islamic world.

Cartoons Force Danish Muslims to Examine Loyalties
(NYT) -- The dispute over the unflattering images depicting the Prophet Muhummad have exposed nuances of immigrant societies across Europe.

Palestinians Storm German Center in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- About two dozen Palestinians burst into the German cultural center in Gaza City on Saturday, smashing windows and breaking doors to protest caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Down the street from the cultural center, about 30 Palestinians threw stones at the European...

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Danish Cartoonists Fear for Their Lives

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More news in this developing story.

NEWSLINE
Having failed to stop the cartoons being reprinted across Europe, the cartoonists have now decided to use all the money raised from the sales of the pictures to set up a foundation which will award an annual international prize for press freedom.

NEWSBYTE
Danish cartoonists fear for their lives
(timesonline.co.uk) -- TWELVE Danish cartoonists whose pictures sparked such outcry have gone into hiding under round-the-clock protection, fearing for their lives.

The cartoonists, many of whom had reservations about the pictures, have been shocked by how the affair has escalated into a global “clash of civilisations”. They have since tried, unsuccessfully, to stop them being reprinted. Read full story.

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Tension Rises Over Cartoons of Muhammad

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COMMENTLINE
Those are some disconcerting images, aren't they? I'll include more pictures in a later post.

In any event, here's today's collection of tension provoking news about the Muhammad cartoons story.

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Question: Does just because you can do something mean that you have to do it?

NEWSLINE
Political analysts from both sides described the newspapers' printing of the cartoons as a dangerous incitement in a conflict that has already alienated the growing Muslim populations of West European nations and hardened extremists in both camps.

NEWSBYTES
Tension Rises Over Cartoons of Muhammad
Publication Widens In Europe as Protests Grow in Islamic World
(washingtonpost.com) PARIS, Feb. 2 -- Protests against European newspapers' publication of cartoons lampooning the prophet Muhammad gained momentum across the Islamic world Thursday as Pakistani schoolchildren burned French and Danish flags and Muslim presidents denounced the drawings. At the same time, more European news organizations printed or broadcast the caricatures, citing a need to defend freedom of expression.

U.S. Calls Muhammad Drawings 'Offensive'
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Tens of thousands of angry Muslims marched through Palestinian cities, burning the Danish flag and calling for vengeance Friday against European countries where caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad were published. In Washington, the State Department criticized the...

Row over Prophet Mohammad cartoons rages
PARIS (Reuters) -- European leaders on Friday called for restraint as more newspapers published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, saying freedom of speech was sacrosanct, and Muslims protested against the jokes they consider blasphemous.

Muslims in new cartoon protests
(BBC) -- Fresh protests are being made by Muslims angered by the publication of newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Thousands Protest 'Offensive' Cartoons in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Tens of thousands of angry Muslims marched through Palestinian cities, burning the Danish flag and calling for vengeance Friday against European countries where caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad were published.

Gunmen shut EU Gaza office over cartoons
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian gunmen Thursday shut down the European Union's office in Gaza City, demanding an apology for German, French and Norwegian newspapers reprinting cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammad, Palestinian security sources said.

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Nazi Name Dropping in the News

NAZIS ON THE RIGHT, NAZIS ON THE LEFT

COMMENTLINE
In today's news we find two examples of the Nazi analogy from both ends of the political spectrum.

First, and surely the less reported in the mainstream, is NAACP Chairman Julian Bond's equating the Republican Party with the Nazi Party and characterizing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, as "tokens."

Second, and widely reported, is Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's likening of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler.

I'll sidestep Bond's implication that blacks cannot do any better on their own and have only been promoted by Republicans to some of the country's highest positions because of race (not that the Democrats have ever promoted a black to Secretary of State).

Rather, I'll invoke Godwin's Law of Analogies, which defines any discussion as over and the debate lost the moment the Nazi card is dropped.

NEWSLINES
Bond said, "The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side."

I mean, we've got Chavez in Venezuela with a lot of oil money," Rumsfeld added. "He's a person who was elected legally -- just as Adolf Hitler was elected legally -- and then consolidated power and now is, of course, working closely with Fidel Castro and Mr. Morales and others."

NEWSBYTES
NAACP chairman compares GOP to Nazis
Bond delivers blistering partisan speech in North Carolina
(WorldNetDaily) -- Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party with the Nazi Party and characterizing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, as "tokens."

Rumsfeld Likens Chavez's Rise to Hitler
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler, reflecting continuing tension in relations between the United States and the Latin American government.

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CIA Chief: Leaks Hurt CIA, Probe Needed

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Do we all feel safer now?

While I am less inclined to fault the press for running the spying stories than the individuals who have leaked the information, I still have problems with anonymously sourced stories.

Ya’ know, unnamed source cannot be identified for some reason. It is more often than not because if their names were revealed they would have to answer for what they have said.

How is it so many folks get the notion of Constitutional free speech mixed up with doing the right thing?

NEWSLINE
CIA Director Porter J. Goss said, "the damage has been very severe to our capabilities to carry out our mission." He added: "It is my aim and it is my hope that we will witness a grand jury investigation with reporters present being asked to reveal who is leaking this information. I believe the safety of this nation and the people of this country deserves nothing less."

NEWSBYTES
Goss Says Leaks Have Hurt CIA's Work, Urges Probe
NSA Eavesdropping Defended at Briefing
(washingtonpost.com) -- CIA Director Porter J. Goss told a Senate committee yesterday that unauthorized leaks of classified information about agency activities have caused "severe damage" to the CIA's operations and that journalists who report leaks should be questioned by a grand jury.

Intel Chiefs Say Disclosures Damage Work
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. intelligence officials told Congress on Thursday that disclosure of once-classified projects like President Bush's no-warrant eavesdropping program have undermined their work.

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Tension Rises Over Cartoons Of Prophet

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COMMENTLINE
This story is like a pot about to boil over. See my previous posts for full coverage.

NEWSLINE
Political analysts from both sides described the newspapers' printing of the cartoons as a dangerous incitement in a conflict that has already alienated the growing Muslim populations of West European nations and hardened extremists in both camps.

NEWSBYTES
Tension Rises Over Cartoons Of Prophet
Publication Widens As Protests Spread
PARIS, Feb. 2 (washingtonpost.com) -- Protests against European newspapers' publication of cartoons lampooning the prophet Muhammad gained momentum across the Islamic world Thursday as Pakistani schoolchildren burned French and Danish flags and Muslim presidents denounced the drawings. At the same time, more European news organizations printed or broadcast the caricatures, citing a need to defend freedom of expression.

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Joint Chiefs Fire at Post Cartoon

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I guess Cindy Sheehan and the folks who keep printing those Muhammad cartoons are not the only ones in the news with poor judgment when it comes to having good taste.

NEWSLINE
"We believe you and Mr. Toles have done a disservice to your readers and your paper's reputation by using such a callous depiction of those who have volunteered to defend this nation, and as a result, have suffered traumatic and life-altering wounds"

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Joint Chiefs Fire At Toles Cartoon On Strained Army
(washingtonpost.com) -- In a protest with an unusual number of high-level signatures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each of its five members have fired off a letter assailing a Washington Post cartoon as "beyond tasteless."

The Tom Toles cartoon, published Sunday, depicts a heavily bandaged soldier in a hospital bed as having lost his arms and legs, while Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in the guise of a doctor, says: "I'm listing your condition as 'battle hardened.' " Toles said he meant no offense toward American soldiers. Read full story.

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