Deadly Muslim Cartoon Violence Spreads
Posted By: 'Okie' | 6:44 pm — 2/17/2006 | 
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Now it’s turned deadly in Libya. CNN reports:
Eleven people were killed and an Italian consulate was burned in Libya on Friday night during protests to denounce the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, sources in Libya said.
There also was a “high number” of injuries, said an official with the Italian Embassy in Tripoli.
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[Italian Abmassador] Trupiano speculated that the consulate was targeted because it is the only Western consulate in the city. However, many of the protesters said they were angry because Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli recently flaunted a T-shirt displaying one of the the controversial cartoons on state TV this week.
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A written statement released by protesters in Benghazi said they consider Denmark’s publication of the cartoons “a direct hostile action.”The statement hailed the government’s closure of Libya’s embassy in Denmark and urged the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conferences to encourage boycotts of any nation that “may dare to touch our religious and historic symbols.”
Demonstrators, some of whom set the Danish flag on fire, also appealed to economic institutions to ban the imports and consumption of goods produced in Denmark.
Starting to sound more and more like a real war, not just a cartoon war!
Might have to beat some pens into swords soon . . . (db)
Technorati Tags: Muslim cartoon war, Libya, Calderoli, Arab League, Italian Embassy, CNN
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