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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (12596)	2/12/2006 6:18:16 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 32591

Cartoon protests could get out of control: Rice Sun Feb 12, 2006 today.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that violence sparked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad could get out of control and urged governments, especially Iran and Syria, to "act responsibly." "If governments do not act responsibly, we could face a sense of outrage that spins out of control and particularly if people continue to incite it, it can spin out of control," she said on ABC's "This Week." "It is well known that Iran and Syria bring protesters into the streets when they wish, to make a point." She said she deplored a plan in Iran to retaliate for the cartoons, first published in Denmark, by launching a contest to caricature the Holocaust in which six million Jews were killed. "I would like to have heard from the Iranian government ... not a threat to start publishing Holocaust cartoons, but rather to say that people should not resort to violence," she said, adding this would have been a "responsible" approach. At least 11 people have been killed during protests in the Middle East, Asia and Africa over the cartoons, which many Muslims see as blasphemous and an attack on Islam. On Wednesday, Rice, at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of Israel, singled out Iran and Syria for what she said was inciting Muslim anger against the West over the issue. Both countries are at odds with the West over a range of problems, including the path to Middle East peace. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had said in response he was unaware of any evidence that Iran and Syria were manipulating protesters. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on CNN's "Late Edition" that Rice "has a point" in statements that Syrian and Iran were inflaming violence. "It's obvious to me that certain countries take advantage of this situation to distract attention from their own problems with the international community, including Syria and Iran," he said. Denmark has withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Indonesia and Iran because of threats to their security, and from Syria, citing inadequate security provision by the Syrian authorities.

To: lorne who wrote (12596)	2/13/2006 12:09:21 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 32591

Why do you say " in poor taste " Seems to me that radical muslims are so far proving those cartoons to be correct. I will acknowledge that humor is funniest when it resembles life. That being said, a friend that used to do Yiddish impersonations (his father and grandfather handed the habit down) has learned that it is offensive. Humor that is offensive should only be used when one is aware of the potential consequences and accepts responsibility for them. Iran's goal is to deflect criticism from their nuclear ambitions. Assad is just trying to maintain control of Syria, and having a bogyman to stir up the populous makes it easier. Other muslims who claim to be sensitive about the hypocrisy of the muslim world seem to have similarly goals. I call it in bad taste because it is. The difference is that it is bad taste rather than hateful like the muslim mobs which have burned the symbols of Christianity and Judaism as an expression of their hate. pic12.picturetrail.com