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 Syrian
demonstrators protest outside the burning Danish embassy in Damascus
February 4. Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators set the Danish embassy
on fire on Saturday to protest the printingof
cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
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.
Oil giant Iran, already embroiled in a dispute with the West over its nuclear
program, said it was reviewing trade ties with countries that have published
such caricatures.
Chanting "God is Greatest", thousands of protesters stormed the
Danish embassy, burned the Danish flag and replaced it with a flag reading "No
God but Allah, Mohammad is His Prophet".
from Reuters
Is there an oxymoron in the world more perversely tragic than "Religious
War"?
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