Danish Embassy In Syria Burned To The Ground By The Religion Of Peace

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Posted: 2/4/2006 10:02:13 AM EDT

Syria protesters set Danish embassy ablaze over cartoon

By Rasha Elass

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Several thousand Syrian demonstrators set the Danish embassy on fire on Saturday to protest the printing by a Danish newspaper of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.

The fire badly damaged the embassy's building, a Reuters witness said, but fire engines later put it out. Protesters also threw stones at the building, shattering windows.

Chanting "God is Great," they stormed the embassy, burned the Danish flag and replaced it with another flag reading "No God but Allah, Mohammad is His Prophet."

BBC News 24 quoted Jorgen Nielsen, the representative of Danish Institute in Damascus, as saying the building was empty at the time because the protest was expected. The embassy was closed on Saturday.

"There were policemen there but it seems to have been a symbolic presence," he said.

A security official present at the scene said the building, located at the upscale Abou Remaneh area, also housed the Chilean and the Swedish embassy. He had no further details.

Cartoons published in a Danish newspaper and reprinted in several European publications, one depicting the Prophet Mohammad with a turban resembling a bomb, have caused uproar across the Muslim world.

Protestors were expected to march to the Norwegian embassy as well, witnesses said.

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

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ETA:

Protests against Denmark have spread to many Muslim countries

Reuters Photo: Iraqi Shi'ite clerics burn a flag of Denmark in Baghdad February 1, 2006. (Mahmoud Raouf)

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:05:08 AM EDT

[#1]

Nuke Syria

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:05:13 AM EDT

[#2]

Shocked....

I bet nobody saw this coming. No way.

Must be the liberal left skewing the facts.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:05:36 AM EDT

[#3]

glad our embassies are protected by marines.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:05:44 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Nuke Syria

it'll happen, just give it time.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:08:32 AM EDT

[#5]

Foreign countries have embassies in Syria?

What for?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:11:12 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Foreign countries have embassies in Syria? What for?

So adherents to the Religion of Peace will have something to burn down and foreigners to kill.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:12:07 AM EDT

[#7]

tag

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:12:09 AM EDT

[#8]

May the lunatics in Syria be stomped to death beneath 1,000 pairs of wooden shoes.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:13:40 AM EDT

[#9]

I'm gonna get rich!!! Selling flags to the ROPers.

Keep the cartoons coming

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:14:51 AM EDT

[#10]

Norwegian Embassy torched too...
Fucking savages...

Thousands of angry Syrian protestors at the burning Danish embassy in Damascus 04 February 2006. Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators set the Danish embassy on fire on Saturday to protest the printing by a Danish newspaper of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI

Link to story and pictures

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:14:55 AM EDT

[#11]

Why can't people burn down Mosques everytime a ROPer does something stupid?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:16:37 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted: Foreign countries have embassies in Syria? What for?
So adherents to the Religion of Peace will have something to burn down and foreigners to kill.

Yeah, gotta give those unemployed ROP'ers something to do.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:17:02 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
May the lunatics in Syria be stomped to death beneath 1,000 pairs of wooden shoes.

wrong country.
Maybe the ROPers will get hit with lots of cookies

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:21:48 AM EDT

[#14]

Reminds me of that Sammuel L Jackson movie Rules of Engagement

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:23:05 AM EDT

[#15]

I don't wanna get this thread locked or anything but I can't help but make one simple observation. Apparently, a day in the middle east without violence is like a day without sunshine. Maybe I'm just cynical?

Here's an honest geniune question: Has the middle east EVER known real peace---even for a limited period of time???? Ever???? Again, perhaps I'm just cynical, but I think I already know the answer to my own question.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:23:22 AM EDT

[#16]

These people have been suckled on hatred their whole lives. Combine that with a medieval mindset, profound ignorance, illiteracy, stupidity, etc., and it isn't very difficult to whip them into a murderous frenzy. Somebody farts? "Well, let's get a mob together and have a go at something. If nothing else we'll trample a bunch of women to death and might get to burn some shit. Might even get on TV. Maybe. Then Merle Hommed* will be pleased."
*Moe Hommed's cousin, from Southern Arabia. The one that issues fatwahs with a twang.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:24:23 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
I don't wanna get this thread locked or anything but I can't help but make one simple observation. Apparently, a day in the middle east without violence is like a day without sunshine. Maybe I'm just cynical?

Here's an honest geniune question: Has the middle east EVER known real peace---even for a limited period of time???? Ever???? Again, perhaps I'm just cynical, but I think I already know the answer to my own question.

Iran back in the 30's and 40's was a decent place. We used to have military bases there incase the reds decided to invide to the mideast oil fields.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:26:15 AM EDT

[#18]

Not surprised.

So when are they going to start lopping off Danish citizens' heads?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:28:48 AM EDT

[#19]

Wow, how surprising...CoC prevents me from elaborating on how this should be stopped...

The Religion of Peace.....what a swell group....

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:32:13 AM EDT

[#20]

Those guys suck. I wonder what the Danes will do.

Max

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:37:19 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Those guys suck. I wonder what the Danes will do.

Max

apologize and send them aid

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:39:08 AM EDT

[#22]

HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:41:08 AM EDT

[#23]

Sadly, I think that world leaders, especially in Europe, are terrified of having muslims in their countries riot like they did in France. I think they are absolutely horrified at the prospect. And the events of the last few days prove them right - they should be scared into further inaction.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:43:06 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Not anymore.

There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some korans.

Here are the same crowd who went for the French embassy after torching the Danish and Norwegian ones.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:45:59 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Quoted:
HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Not anymore.

There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some koran
s.

Now that I would Like to see.....

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:47:40 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Not anymore.

There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some koran
s.

Now that I would Like to see.....

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:48:24 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Quoted:
May the lunatics in Syria be stomped to death beneath 1,000 pairs of wooden shoes.

wrong country.
Maybe the ROPers will get hit with lots of cookies

You're new here, aren't you?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:48:46 AM EDT

[#28]

Wanna bet they will have rioting all over Europe soon, like that bullshit that went down with the ROP'ers and France a few months ago??

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:49:00 AM EDT

[#29]

I'd make a comment about the ROP but I'd end up getting banned......

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:50:25 AM EDT

[#30]

Is this the peace they want?

They will brook no insult, yet defile anything that offends them?

If it looks like war, sounds like war and smells like war....it's war.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:51:46 AM EDT

[#31]

i just wonder how many of their newspapers have comics with drawing of a chrisitian god in them?

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:54:14 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted: There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some korans.

Those JBT's need to get some common sense and kick back with some beer and popcorn. If there was a Neo-Nazi vs. Jihadi riot, I'd tell the boys to standby, weapons ready, with snipers and binoculars, then sweep up the survivors afterwards.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:56:36 AM EDT

[#33]

Another country deserving a self-luminescent parking lot...

They also tried to attack the French embassy.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:57:14 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Wanna bet they will have rioting all over Europe soon, like that bullshit that went down with the ROP'ers and France a few months ago??

Just a matter of time.... They are one "Koran incident" away from all hell breaking loose over there.

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:57:57 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
May the lunatics in Syria be stomped to death beneath 1,000 pairs of wooden shoes.

wrong country.
Maybe the ROPers will get hit with lots of cookies

You're new here, aren't you?

I must have missed the wooden shoe joke then

Posted: 2/4/2006 10:59:24 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Another country deserving a self-luminescent parking lot...

They also tried to attack the French embassy.

I'm very sorry for you...

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:01:00 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Not anymore.

There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some koran
s.

Now that I would Like to see.....

www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1139056185965_149.jpg
www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1139057716530_738.jpg
www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1139056671751_635.jpg

Wow, that was a neat trick. thank you for the photos.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:01:41 AM EDT

[#38]

Here's a quick quote from a CNN article on the incident. Shows where the Syrian government stands

.

Norwegian ambassador to Syria, Svein Sevj, confirmed the fire but said the embassy staff was safe. He said the embassy had asked Syria for more security but did not receive it.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:02:18 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Reminds me of that Sammuel L Jackson movie Rules of Engagement

That's what I was thinking. Maybe it should be re-released over there with the ending scene added on saying "Fuck with us and you too will see how we fight back".... Of course, this will be right after the scene where the Marines open fire and all the dead bodies are in the court yard. Just advertise it as a short movie where they attack an American embassy. They will come in droves!!!!!!!!

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:04:47 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

images.bt2.metropol.dk/321/321596/321596_large.jpg

Here are the same crowd who went for the French embassy after torching the Danish and Norwegian ones.

Well I wouldn't be TOO upset at them....

ETA just kidding JohninParis!

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:05:34 AM EDT

[#41]

A Danish citizen explains how this whole incident got started here.

An excerpt:

In September 2005, Jyllands Posten decided to publish 12 caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammed, as a response to criticism of depictions of the Prophet in a book about his life. Several of the artists presented in that book did not want their names published along with it, for fear of retribution. The thinking behind Jyllands Posten’s bold move, was to show support for the artists and to make a statement about free speech.

Since then a small delegation of Muslim religious leaders who reside in Denmark have been on a tour of various Muslim states in order to bring attention to this fairly straightforward case. Unfortunately they did not stop at the facts.

Disinformation was fabricated in order to characterize the Danish population and government as fiercely anti-Muslim. Several new drawings were added likening Muhammed to a pig, as well as statements to the effect that Danish citizens were under the impression that the Prophet was a violent pedophile.

Suddenly, a display of free speech had turned into blasphemous slander, which naturally enraged all of the Muslim world. Throughout all of this, several of the religious leaders responsible for the disinformation, had been feeding sweet words of reason to the Danish press with one hand and more disinformation to the Arab press with the other.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:06:18 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
Wanna bet they will have rioting all over Europe soon, like that bullshit that went down with the ROP'ers and France a few months ago??

According to my cousin who lives in Ghent, Belgium, they tried there as well. The police squashed them early before they got up a head of steam. We think we have it bad with our illegals sucking on the .gov tit but European countries with their socialist programs are literally getting bankrupted by the "turks" (their generic term for middle easterners). Their illegals come in and apply for welfare benefits. In several German cities, Germans are a minority. I think it was in the news last year about one or two countries passing laws trying to curtail middle eastern immigration. Here it is 900 years later and it looks like Europe will finally be assimilated. Europe is a powderkeg and the fuse is lit.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:17:06 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
Quoted:
HMMMMM is there a syrian embassy in Denmark?

Not anymore.

There was some rioting in Copenhagen today, some 200 RoPers batteled the police when they tried to enter the central train station to battle the neo-nazi who according to romours where supposed to torch some korans.

images.bt2.metropol.dk/321/321596/321596_large.jpg

Here are the same crowd who went for the French embassy after torching the Danish and Norwegian ones.

That looks like they are storming a church! There really is no way to deal with these people. They reproduce like rats and act like animals. Usually feelings cool down after time goes on. If they were normal, their tempers would have cooled down somewhat by now, but instead, they just get more and more angry with each passing day. All they want to do is to hate. I don't know why. I feel so helpless just sitting here and watching these pictures. I wish that I could have been there with a force and mowed the entire crowd down with machine guns.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:31:49 AM EDT

[#44]

Since religous stuff is so important to them, next time they threaten to kill a hostage I say we threaten to deficate on the koran.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:37:02 AM EDT

[#45]

The Danish flag is a Christian Cross. Where are the rioting Christians?

Oh, for a moment there I thought the two religions were equal...

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:37:47 AM EDT

[#46]

I just buned a copy of the Koran that I checked out of the library.

I will be fined for losing the book.....best money I have ever spent.

The CoC prevents me from commenting further.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:40:24 AM EDT

[#47]

See my sig line.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:41:10 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Quoted:

images.bt2.metropol.dk/321/321596/321596_large.jpg

Here are the same crowd who went for the French embassy after torching the Danish and Norwegian ones.

Well I wouldn't be TOO upset at them....

ETA just kidding JohninParis!

Anyway they just went there to seize the huge white flags stock we have.
More stuff to burn.

Seriously...I think that we , European people, need to react before it’s too late.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:42:25 AM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
Here's a quick quote from a CNN article on the incident. Shows where the Syrian government stands .

Norwegian ambassador to Syria, Svein Sevj, confirmed the fire but said the embassy staff was safe. He said the embassy had asked Syria for more security but did not receive it.

You want to bet even money the Syrian government is behind the fire.

Posted: 2/4/2006 11:48:21 AM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:

That looks like they are storming a church!

There is a church located next to the Danish/Norwegian embassy building.

BTW, local RoP'ers tried to storm the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Jakarta yesterday.

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